When someone is not there all the time it gives us space to think about them. Your job in influence and persuasion… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others—that is too high a price to pay. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“Be convinced, that there are no persons so insignificant and inconsiderable, but may, some time or other, have it in their power… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
In the normal flow of a conversation, our attention is divided. We hear parts of what other people are saying, in order… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“Long Time. The famous seventeenth-century Ming painter Chou Yung relates a story that altered his behavior forever. Late one winter afternoon he… — Robert Greene 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 Copy Share Image
“We are all in search of feeling more connected to reality—to other people, the times we live in, the natural world, our… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
We humans are self-absorbed by nature, and spend most of our time focusing inwardly on our emotions, on our wounds, on our… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, your spell on them is broken. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
It's funny how it reads like a Kubrick-inspired moment, a filmmaker controlling one's mise en scène. What it truly is is a… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
A lot of, a big problems that people have nowadays is that they can't stand moments of no stimulation in their life… — 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 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
Only your hearts be frolic, for the time Craves that we taste of naught but jouissance. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you want to be a good strategist, you can never just go off a principle you read in a book. You… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
50 is a great person. I was a little intimidated when I met him for the first time in 2006. I didn't… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular… — 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
The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Our times might emphasize equality, which we then mistake for the need for everyone to be the same, but what we really… — 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
