When our emotions are engaged, we often have trouble seeing things as they are. — Robert Greene Emotion Copy Share Image
Be as fluid as water, do not give your enemies anything solid to atack — Robert Greene Enemy Copy Share Image
Real action and true helpfulness are perhaps the ultimate charm. — Robert Greene Action Copy Share Image
Love is a lock that linketh noble minds, Faith is the key that shuts the spring of love. — Robert Greene Faith Copy Share Image
“Power is a game, and in games you do not judge your opponents by their intentions but by the effects of their… — Robert Greene Game Copy Share Image
Passive aggressors who are adept at this will have trained themselves to remain calm, while you get irritated and emotional. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Some people are a little bit better than others, some people are great, some people are superior. It depends on the level… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Female psychotic bosses can be particularly devilish. They will tend to mix in a lot of passive aggression, making you feel guilty… — Robert Greene Aggression Copy Share Image
Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee;When thou art old there's grief enough for thee. — Robert Greene Art Copy Share Image
If you are worried about what others might think and about how your position in the group might be jeopardized, then you… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
It looks like I had the most irrelevant education than anybody in the planet could have. — Robert Greene Education Copy Share Image
Fear creates its own self-fulfilling dynamic- as people give into it, they lose energy and momentum. Their lack of confidence translates into… — Robert Greene Confidence Copy Share Image
Power is the measure of the degree of control you have over circumstances in your life and the actions of the people… — Robert Greene Control Copy Share Image
“Once Count Victor Lustig, swindler par excellence, had sold dozens of suckers around the country a phony box with which he claimed… — Robert Greene Money Copy Share Image
If you are unsure of a course of action, do not attempt it. Your doubts and hesitations will infect your execution. Timidity… — Robert Greene Action Copy Share Image
“[Strategy] is more than a science: it is the application of knowledge to practical life, the development of thought capable of modifying… — Robert Greene Knowledge Copy Share Image
Obviously there's Netflix, iTunes, and Amazon and all these other outlets. Fake It So Real is now on Fandor, and I think… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“According to Freud (who was speaking from experience, since he was his mother’s darling), spoiled children have a confidence that stays with… — Robert Greene Child Copy Share Image
Ambition has become a dirty word, and I believe it is a great evolutionary force for the positive. If people fail or… — Robert Greene Ambition Copy Share Image
A lot of the things that involve power on the highest levels sometimes involve the darker side of human psychology. People can… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“At your birth a seed is planted. That seed is your uniqueness. It wants to grow, transform itself, and flower to its… — Robert Greene Birth Copy Share Image
Her seductive power, however, did not lie in her looks [...]. In reality, Cleopatra was physically unexceptional and had no political power,… — Robert Greene Antony Copy Share Image
“Your false self is the accumulation of all the voice you have internalized from other people-parents and friends who want you to… — Robert Greene Friendship Copy Share Image
I believe that everybody was born with a kind of uniqueness. There is never going to be somebody else with the same… — Robert Greene Artist Copy Share Image
“We could express this power in the following way: Most of the time we live in an interior world of dreams, desires,… — Robert Greene Creativity Copy Share Image
“Prize intensity more than extensity. Perfection resides in quality, not quantity. Extent alone never rises above mediocrity, and it is the misfortune… — Robert Greene Excellence Copy Share Image
Any momentary triumph you think you have gained through argument is really a Pyrrhic victory. The resentment and ill will you stir… — Robert Greene Action Copy Share Image
Stupidity and human incompetence are the great evils, not ambition and glory. — Robert Greene Ambition Copy Share Image
When you raise your opinion of yourself and what you are capable of it has a decided influence on what you do. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I also make movies that can be seen on a small screen, as I shoot on digital video. Hopefully they can be… — Robert Greene Digital Copy Share Image
“When people choose between talk about the past and talk about the future, a pragmatic person will always opt for the future… — Robert Greene Forget the past Copy Share Image
Religion is the great balm of existence because it takes us outside ourselves, connects us to something larger — Robert Greene Existence Copy Share Image
Never take your position for granted and never let any favors you receive go to your head. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image