Understand: A person of power instills a kind of fear by deliberately unsettling those around him to keep the initative on his side.
ROBERT GREENEStrike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter.
More Robert Greene Quotes
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It is in fact the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and immediate pleasures.
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When it comes to power, outshining the master is perhaps the worst mistake of all.
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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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If you’re really driven and you want something deep, hard enough in life, you’re going to get it.
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Become who you are by learning who you are.
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Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
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Win through your actions, never through argument.
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Boldness makes even the smallest animal dangerous.
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Nothing is given to you.
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The human tongue is a beast that few can master.
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Grand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead. Focus on your ultimate goal and plot to reach it.
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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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A lot of, a big problems that people have nowadays is that they can’t stand moments of no stimulation in their life so they’re constantly lurking, looking for entertainment, video games.
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If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
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When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity, you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others
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