My greatest wish is that a certain way of looking at the world, a way I show in all of my books,… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
You want attention, you want to grab some of that airspace that exists out there in a world that's very difficult to… — Robert Greene 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
Nobody is born without fear. We are all born into this world screaming and crying, a bloody mess. We're afraid of failing.… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Everything changes. This is the key to feeling powerful, but also to being creative in the world. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I often daydream about the future, thinking of the world in 100, 200 years, imagining what it looks like, feels like. I… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Still uncertain as to our identity, we think that what matters in the work world is gaining attention and making friends. And… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
In the world today, we humans have become more self-absorbed, more tribal and tenacious in holding on to our narrow agendas; we… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Ah were she pitiful as she is fair, Or but as mild as she is seeming so, Then were my hopes greater… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Your ability to work with people directly affects your ability to get work done in the world. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Practically every profession has a really political environment. I think the world has become more competitive. There are so many people in… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
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… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The world is full of people with different characters and temperaments. We all have a dark side, a tendency to manipulate, and… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Only create associations with positive affinities. Make this a rule of life and you will benefit more than from all the therapy… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
There's no more of an excuse for blaming other people or the world for at least not trying what you should be… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Most people are passive aggressive in this world. I have the idea that the human being is born with a kind of… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I like lecturing and going around the world and giving talks and I like doing consulting and helping people. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
There are people that don't need to run towards adversity. They grew up in circumstances where it's forced upon them. Other people… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
People want to feel united, they want to have that religious sense they want to feel like at a rave 10,000 people… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I think it comes in cycles for Brandy [Burre] and for many women. You want to take care of your home, making… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
You have a set of skills, a way of looking at the world, and often in childhood it was revealed to you… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
You cannot make anything worthwhile in this world unless you have first developed and transformed yourself. — 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