Sadness of any sort is also seductive, particularly if it seems deep-rooted, even spiritual, rather than needy or pathetic—it makes people come… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you're really driven and you want something deep, hard enough in life, you're going to get it. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The big difference is, as a man, I can go to a bar at two in the morning and people will be… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
You could have a lot of money at your fingertips, the finest education and intellectual knowledge, but if you are governed by… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
All great leaders since Moses have known that a feared enemy must be crushed completely. (Sometimes they have learned this the hard… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you're meant to do something like writing and you end up going into banking or finance, your going to be miserable.… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you're in a subordinate position of some sort and pretty much all of us are at some point in our lives,… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
There's physical adversity, that if you are someone that likes exercise like I do, I exercise everyday. When you exercise, there's pain… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you want to be powerful in life you have to enjoy the process. You have to get pleasure out of making… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you're in your early twenties, don't put so much importance on the money, on the raise. Getting an extra thousand dollars… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you view everything through the lens of fear, then you tend to stay in retreat mode. You can just as easily… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you're consumed only with the big dream, you're going to die because you won't be able to feed yourself or you're… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If I could simplify the whole game of power and strategy in one equation, it would all hinge on the capacity to… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you are armed with knowledge, if you are aware that certain dynamics are at play then you have options. You can… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Ethics and power are separate. Ethics and morality. I think life would be miserable if there weren't some kind of code that… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you make a show of going against the times, flaunting your unconventional ideas and unorthodox way, people will think that you… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I have sort of issues with my claustrophobia where being on an airplane or if I force myself, to put myself in… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
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… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If we were controlling the performance, we never would have had someone push a button to make the pellet stove come on… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you're not careful people will judge you based on these appearances and they will pigeon hole you that this is the… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you have millions and millions of dollars, you're living in a totally different world. You don't feel it anymore and you've… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The pyramid would start at the bottom: you don't know who you are or what you're intended to do in life. And… — 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
