"Our times might emphasize equality, which we then……" — Robert Greene
"Our times might emphasize equality, which we then mistake for the need for everyone to be the same, but what we really mean by this is the equal chance for people to express their differences, to let a thousand flowers bloom."
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Robert Greene
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108 Quotes by Robert Greene
Robert Greene has 108 quotes on this site.
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Her lips are roses over-washed with dew, Or like the purple of Narcissus' flower; No frost their fair, no wind…
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The quiet mind is richer than a crown....Such sweet content, such minds, such sleep, such bliss beggars enjoy when princes…
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People are more complicated than the masks they wear in society.
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Understand: A person of power instills a kind of fear by deliberately unsettling those around him to keep the initative…
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When our emotions are engaged, we often have trouble seeing things as they are.
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When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and…
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If you are unsure of a course of action, do not attempt it. Your doubts and hesitations will infect your…
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Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent
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Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.
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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…
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There is nothing more intoxicating than victory, and nothing more dangerous.
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Never assume that the person you are dealing with is weaker or less important than you are. Some people are…
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I find the love of garden grows upon me as I grow older more and more. Shrubs and flowers and…
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As if with the nut and flower, the nut has become less than the flower... both those teaching and those…
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Faith, and hope, and patience and all the strong, beautiful, vital forces of piety are withered and dead in a…
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Where flowers bloom so does hope.
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To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.
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Every germ of goodness will at last struggle into bloom and fruitage...true success follows every right step.
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Bloom where you are planted!
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