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It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause by yourself. By maintaining your independence, you become the master of others — playing people against one another, making them pursue you.

Robert Greene

The problem with human beings is that they can’t sit alone in a room for more than an hour.
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Alone Human Problem Room Time
I just do what I want to do without hurting other people and you know, I wish other people would do the same.
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Hurt Myself People
Win through your actions, never through argument.
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Action Argument Win
If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
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Enemy Way Yourself
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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Close Enemy Friendship Power Stability Transformation
The worst thing is to sit and whine and complain and obsess about money as if that were the only sign of your worth as a human.
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Complain Human Money Obsession Worst Worth Yourself
You’re not going to be persistent and tenacious enough if you don’t love what you’re doing. If it’s not something that excites you, that appeals to you deep down inside.
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Appeal Enough Excitement Love Persistence Yourself
Boldness makes even the smallest animal dangerous.
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Animal Bold Dangerous Small
Nothing is given to you.
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Effort One Liner Yourself
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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Mindset Pay Peace Price Value Wasted Time
Fear creates its own self-fulfilling dynamic- as people give into it, they lose energy and momentum. Their lack of confidence translates into inaction that lowers confidence levels even further, on and on.
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Confidence Creation Dynamic Fear Fulfill Translation
Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.
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Production Serious Thinking Work
If you are worried about what others might think and about how your position in the group might be jeopardized, then you will never really create anything.
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Creation Position Thinking Worry Yourself
Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter.
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Advice Attack Deep Destruction War
For the future, the motto is, “No days unalert.”
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Aware Day Future Yourself
Become who you are by learning who you are.
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Discover Learning Yourself

It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause by yourself. By maintaining your independence, you become the master of others — playing people against one another, making them pursue you.

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It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause by yourself. By maintaining your independence, you become the master of others — playing people against one another, making them pursue you.

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