Desire is both imitative (we like what others like) and competitive (we want to take away from others what they have). As… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
People around you, constantly under the pull of their emotions, change their ideas by the day or by the hour, depending on… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Our levels of desire, patience, persistence, and confidence end up playing a much larger role in success than sheer reasoning powers. Feel… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Emotions are continually affecting our thought processes and decisions, below the level of our awareness. And the most common emotion of them… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Often people become our friend or follower with an undercurrent of resentment in our having more success than they have. They secretly… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Mastery is not a function of I.Q. or natural talent or wealthy parents who can send you to the best school, but… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Mastery is not a question of genetics of luck, but of following your natural inclinations and the deep desires that stirs you… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“In our culture we tend to equate thinking and intellectual powers with success and achievement. In many ways, however, it is an… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The whole concept of stage fright is fascinating. Actors get stage fright, but they wouldn't be on the stage in the first place if… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I'm afraid I'm just too intense to have soft ideas, you know, about what to read when you're trying to pass the time. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
You are facing death and danger and competition, but at any moment, you can decide to have a fearless mindset. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Let me spell it out: with the psychotic boss, nothing you do is ever quite right. They set traps, asking you to do things,… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Evil or manipulative people don't need a book, they just do it anyway. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Everybody knows what they were kind of drawn towards or what they're gifted at and it's more of courage and looking at yourself and… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Remember: your bosses prefer to keep you in dependent positions. It is in their interest that you do not become self-reliant, and so they… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I want to be able to write, that's my first love and I don't want to deviate from it even though I probably could… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
It's sometimes hard to talk about politics and art. Obviously, I have my core beliefs, but I think art is best when it's troublesome… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you change and adapt your persona, you are seen as inauthentic; if you stay the angry young man, you fade from attention or… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Your energy, your spirit are important considerations. Feeling petty and frustrated can have reverberating consequences for your ability to think strategically and reach your… — Robert Greene 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 inaction that… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
