782 Quotes by Robert Greene

We humans are self-absorbed by nature, and spend most of our time focusing inwardly on our emotions, on our wounds, on our fantasies.

Keep people off-balance and in the dark by never revealing the purpose behind your actions. If they have no clue what you are up to, they cannot prepare a defense.

Create a ladder of values and priorities in your life, reminding yourself of what really matters to you.

Your life must be a progression towards ownership - first mentally of your independence, and then physically of your work, owning what you produce.

Reputation is the cornerstone of power. Through reputation alone you can intimidate and win; once it slips, however, you are vulnerable, and will be attacked on all sides. Make your reputation unassailable.

We do not see people as they are, but as they appear to us. And these appearances are usually misleading.

If you're in business or politics, you need to have an intense understanding of what's going on around you.

The world is full of people with different characters and temperaments. We all have a dark side, a tendency to manipulate, and aggressive desires. The most dangerous types are those who repress their desires or deny the existence of them, often acting them out in the most underhanded ways.

The authority you establish must emerge naturally from your character, from the particular strengths you possess.