Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others – that is too high a price to pay.
ROBERT GREENE
Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent
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Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others – that is too high a price to pay.
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Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter.
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The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.
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Only create associations with positive affinities. Make this a rule of life and you will benefit more than from all the therapy in the world.
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Everybody in life is struggling for power, and some people use morality and righteousness as a weapon, while others use different means, even passive aggression. From a distance, we are all fighting, and I am looking at this from a distance.
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The truth is that creative activity is one that involves the entire self – our emotions, our levels of energy, our characters, and our minds.
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Boldness makes even the smallest animal dangerous.
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Mastery is not a question of genetics of luck, but of following your natural inclinations and the deep desires that stirs you from within.
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When it comes to power, outshining the master is perhaps the worst mistake of all.
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Become who you are by learning who you are.
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No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.
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Nothing is stable in the realm of power, and even closest of friends can be transformed into the worst of enemies.
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Remember: The best deceivers do everything they can to cloak their roguish qualities. They cultivate an air of honesty in one area to disguise their dishonesty in others. Honesty is merely another decoy in their arsenal of weapons.
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Be brutal with the past, especially your own, and have no respect for the philosophies that are foisted on you from outside.
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I believe that everything happens for a reason, and what seems bad at first might in fact be something of a blessing.
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The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, your spell on them is broken.
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