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Life Quotes by Robert Greene

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Robert Greene talks about deception and power as part of life’s game. He warns that envy of natural talent can hide the need for hard work and that self‑doubt is often planted by others. He also says leaving an abusive situation can be the only way to regain control.

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The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.

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To not follow your passion in life is a recipe for failure and unhappiness.

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Love is a lock that linketh noble minds, Faith is the key that shuts the spring of love.

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Everybody wants power and control in their life.

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Your college education is a key moment in life.

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“You cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others.”

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Do not envy those who seem to be naturally gifted; it is often a curse, as such types rarely learn the value…

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Your life must be a progression towards ownership - first mentally of your independence, and then physically of your work, owning what…

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Playing with appearances and mastering the arts of deception are among the aesthetic pleasures of life. They are also key components in…

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“The fetish is an object that commands an emotional response and that makes us breathe life into it. Because it is an…

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Religion is the great balm of existence because it takes us outside ourselves, connects us to something larger

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A person who is truly authentic doesn't need to play a role in life, we think, but can simply be him -…

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I have examples of people who find their way back later on in life, in their 30's, 40's, it can happen in…

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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…

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The pyramid would start at the bottom: you don't know who you are or what you're intended to do in life. And…

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You're always feeling powerless in life. If you're in an abusive relationship or working for what we call a psychotic boss sometimes…

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No one's really taking it seriously enough, being more kind of careful and cautious in planning your life out and trying to…

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The real poetry and beauty in life comes from an intense relationship with reality in all its aspects. Realism is in fact…

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Power is the measure of the degree of control you have over circumstances in your life and the actions of the people…

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“[Strategy] is more than a science: it is the application of knowledge to practical life, the development of thought capable of modifying…

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Deceiving world, that with alluring toysHast made my life the subject of thy scorn,And scornest now to lend thy fading joys,T'outlength my…

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Life goes by very fast. And the worst thing in life that you can have is a job that you hate, that…

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Few are born bold. Even Napoleon had to cultivate the habit on the battlefield, where he knew it was a matter of…

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Ethics and power are separate. Ethics and morality. I think life would be miserable if there weren't some kind of code that…

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“At your birth a seed is planted. That seed is your uniqueness. It wants to grow, transform itself, and flower to its…

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“Our life inevitably involves obstacles, frustrations, pain, and separations. How we come to handle such moments in our early years plays a…

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“Too often we make a separation in our lives—there is work and there is life outside work, where we find real pleasure…

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“A natural response when people feel overwhelmed is to retreat into various forms of passivity. If we don’t try too much in…

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“The problem with all students, he said, is that they inevitably stop somewhere. They hear an idea and they hold on to…

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When you have any kind of success in life, that's like the most dangerous moment that you're in because you're going to…

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“We are all in search of feeling more connected to reality—to other people, the times we live in, the natural world, our…

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I just know who I am and what's comfortable for me and I don't personally do things in life because others do…

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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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Create a ladder of values and priorities in your life, reminding yourself of what really matters to you.

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When there are no other options, people fight harder. If the choice is life or death they have nothing to lose.

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The wrong way to look at your university life is to say it's like job training, unless you're going into something very…

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In the world today many people rightfully feel entitled to have success and the good things in life, but they usually understand…

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Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip; it is your life's artwork, and you must craft it, hone it, and…

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Why regret anything? Where does it get you to regret anything you've ever done in your life? It gets you nowhere. It's…

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To be strategic in life is like any skill whether it's basketball or learning a language, it takes effort and practice and…

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Evil or manipulative people don't need a book, they just do it anyway.

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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…

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…

If you change and adapt your persona, you are seen as inauthentic; if you stay the angry young man, you fade from attention or…

Your energy, your spirit are important considerations. Feeling petty and frustrated can have reverberating consequences for your ability to think strategically and reach your…

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…

What I like about the internet, what I see there is that its much more democratic. I have much more control, and if what…

“It is hard for us to imagine now, but our earliest human ancestors who ventured out onto the grasslands of East Africa some six…

“Let us call this quality the Original Mind. This mind looked at the world more directly—not through words and received ideas. It was flexible…