The problem with human beings is that they can't sit alone in a room for more than an hour. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“Feeling bored and restless, our minds shut off and we become increasingly passive.” — Robert Greene Psychology Copy Share Image
A person who is truly authentic doesn't need to play a role in life, we think, but can simply be him -… — Robert Greene Authentic Copy Share Image
Your ability to work with people directly affects your ability to get work done in the world. — Robert Greene Ability 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
All the most successful people nowadays who are truly successful and innovative in their field are not people motivated by money. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Humans cannot avoid trying to influence others. Everything we say or do is examined and interpreted by others for clues as to… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Few are drawn to the person whom others avoid and neglect; people gather around those who have already attracted interest. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Mastery, I learned, was not something genetic, or for a lucky few. It is something we can all attain if get rid… — Robert Greene Clarity Copy Share Image
I went to an extreme for literary purposes because I felt all the self-help books out there were so gooey and Pollyanna-ish… — Robert Greene Angry Copy Share Image
When someone is not there all the time it gives us space to think about them. Your job in influence and persuasion… — Robert Greene Giving Copy Share Image
“In the future, the great division will be between those who have trained themselves to handle these complexities and those who are… — Robert Greene Complexity 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
Desire is both imitative (we like what others like) and competitive (we want to take away from others what they have). As… — Robert Greene Attention Copy Share Image
The real poetry and beauty in life comes from an intense relationship with reality in all its aspects. Realism is in fact… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“If everything in a dream were realistic, it would have no power over us; if everything were unreal, we would feel less… — Robert Greene Dream Copy Share Image
Writers who have delved into human nature, ancient masters of strategy, historians of human stupidity and folly, kings and queens who have… — Robert Greene Fools Copy Share Image
We [with Brandy Burre ] like fifteen feet away from each other. You can see my house and my car in pretty… — Robert Greene Age 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
Understand: you are one of a kind. Your character traits are a kind of chemical mix that will never be repeated in… — Robert Greene Care Copy Share Image
If marriage isn't something for me, but I like living with someone or being committed, I can choose this other path as… — Robert Greene Commitment Copy Share Image
“Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it’s… — Robert Greene Art Copy Share Image
Whether people are making narrative cinema or experimental cinematic movie experiences, they all want the biggest screen possible and the quietest room… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
There is something I call social intelligence. You can do a lot in life on your own and you can do all… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
We are a social animal, power only exists in a social sense, we have to work in groups. — Robert Greene Animal 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 Childhood 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 Documentaries 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
Many people have an intense feeling about what they're best at. Too often, they're driven away from it by other people. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
You must bear in mind that each law is circumstantial. It does depend on the circumstances. — Robert Greene Bears Copy Share Image
The truth is that creative activity is one that involves the entire self - our emotions, our levels of energy, our characters,… — Robert Greene Character Copy Share Image
What matters in the Sun-tzu universe are not positions of strength and power, but situations in which you have options, full of… — 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
The ideas get under your skin. I am honored and deeply excited by the thought that the next generation of writers, or… — Robert Greene Book 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
“Your days are numbered. Will you pass them half awake and halfhearted or will you live with a sense of urgency?” — 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 Competition Copy Share Image
Remember that the essence of authority is that people willingly follow your lead. — Robert Greene Authority Copy Share Image
One could draw up all different kinds of adversity depending on what your weakness is. — Robert Greene Adversity Copy Share Image
“Once envy eats away at someone, everything you do only makes it grow, and day by day it festers inside him. Eventually… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image