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In the world today many peopl...

In the world today many people rightfully feel entitled to have success and the good things in life, but they usually understand it will require sacrifice and hard work.

Robert Greene 220 quotes

Compared to other animals, we...

Compared to other animals, we humans enter the world remarkably weak and helpless. We remain relatively weak for many years before we can truly operate on our own.

Robert Greene 220 quotes

As social animals we humans a...

As social animals we humans are very sensitive to our rank and position within any group. We can measure our status by the attention and respect we receive.

Robert Greene 220 quotes

Humans cannot avoid trying to...

Humans cannot avoid trying to influence others. Everything we say or do is examined and interpreted by others for clues as to our intentions.

Robert Greene 220 quotes

Power is a complicated word a...

Power is a complicated word and can take many forms.

Robert Greene 220 quotes

Even as a child, Muhammad Ali...

Even as a child, Muhammad Ali got perverse pleasure out of being different. He liked the attention it got him, but most of all he just liked being himself: odd and independent.

Robert Greene 220 quotes

Keep people off-balance and i...

Keep people off-balance and in the dark by never revealing the purpose behind your actions. If they have no clue what you are up to, they cannot prepare a defense.

Robert Greene 220 quotes

We are often raised as depend...

We are often raised as dependents then given over to teachers. It's experience and exploration that can transform us and lead to mastery.

Robert Greene 220 quotes

Always make those above you f...

Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite - inspire fear and insecurity.

Robert Greene 220 quotes

We humans for millions of yea...

We humans for millions of years were nomadic. We associated freedom and well-being with the ability to move into open spaces, to find places more suited to hunting.

Robert Greene 220 quotes

We humans are self-absorbed b...

We humans are self-absorbed by nature, and spend most of our time focusing inwardly on our emotions, on our wounds, on our fantasies.

Robert Greene 220 quotes

Understand: any phenomenon in...

Understand: any phenomenon in the world is by nature complex. The people you deal with are equally complex. Any action sets off a limitless chain of reactions. It is never so simple as A leads to B. B will lead to C, D and beyond.

Robert Greene 220 quotes

Consciously or unconsciously ...

Consciously or unconsciously most of us adhere to what is expected of our role because we realize our social success depends on this. Some may refuse to play this game, but in the end they are marginalized and forced to play the outsider role, with limited options and decreasing freedom as they get older.

Robert Greene 220 quotes

If you want to be a good stra...

If you want to be a good strategist, you can never just go off a principle you read in a book. You need to adapt what you do to the situation; no rule of thumb is true all the time.

Robert Greene 220 quotes

Remember that the essence of ...

Remember that the essence of authority is that people willingly follow your lead.

Robert Greene 220 quotes

Often people become our frien...

Often people become our friend or follower with an undercurrent of resentment in our having more success than they have. They secretly desire the opportunity to take us down a notch; they have a nose for any misstep on our part they can exploit.

Robert Greene 220 quotes

Pool, it became clear to me, ...

Pool, it became clear to me, is all about angles. First, there are simple angles, as you must hit the cue ball to either side when you are not straight on.

Robert Greene 220 quotes

Many people have an intense f...

Many people have an intense feeling about what they're best at. Too often, they're driven away from it by other people.

Robert Greene 220 quotes

What matters in the Sun-tzu u...

What matters in the Sun-tzu universe are not positions of strength and power, but situations in which you have options, full of potential force.

Robert Greene 220 quotes

In the normal flow of a conve...

In the normal flow of a conversation, our attention is divided. We hear parts of what other people are saying, in order to follow and keep the conversation going. At the same time, we're planning what we'll say next, some exciting story of our own.

Robert Greene 220 quotes

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