782 Quotes by Robert Greene

The key to power, then, is the ability to judge who is best able to further your interests in all situations. Keep friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent.

A noble mind disdains to hide his head, And let his foes triumph in his overthrow.

If you are worried about what others might think and about how your position in the group might be jeopardized, then you will never really create anything.

We must create our own world or we will die from inaction

Hasty climbers have sudden falls.

Your work is the single greatest means at your disposal for expressing your social intelligence.

I believe that everything happens for a reason, and what seems bad at first might in fact be something of a blessing.

Nothing is stable in the realm of power, and even closest of friends can be transformed into the worst of enemies.

The ideas get under your skin. I am honored and deeply excited by the thought that the next generation of writers, or whomever, are influenced by these books.