LAW 46Never Appear Too PerfectAppearing better than others is always dangerous, but most dangerous of all is to appear to have no faults or weaknesses. Envy creates silent enemies. It is smart to occa...
To the extent that we believe we can skip steps, avoid the process, magically gain power through political connections or easy formulas, or depend on our natural talents, we move against this grain an...
Renaissance diplomat and courtier Niccolò Machiavelli wrote, Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.
The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.
Despise The Free Lunch
With such a deep rooted interest you can withstand the setbacks and failures, the days of drudgery, and the hard work that are always a part of any creative action. You can ignore the doubters and cri...
Become who you are by learning who you are.
LAW 38Think As You Like But Behave Like OthersIf you make a show of going against the times, flaunting your unconventional ideas and unorthodox ways, people will think that you only want attention and...
LAW 25Re-Create YourselfDo not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and never bores the audience. Be the master of you...
Though men determine the gods do dispose: and oft times many things fall out between the cup and the lip.
The human tongue is a beast that few can master.
Never be distracted by people’s glamorous portraits of themselves and their lives; search and dig for what really imprisons them.
Your mind is the starting point of all war and all strategy. A mind that is easily overwhelmed by emotion, that is rooted in the past instead of the present, that cannot see the world with clarity and...
You must understand the following: In order to master a field, you must love the subject and feel a profound connection to it. Your interest must transcend the field itself and border on the religious...
Never appear overly greedy for attention, then, for it signals insecurity, and insecurity drives power away. Understand that there are times when it is not in your interest to be the center of attenti...
For the future, the motto is, No days unalert.
The Tiny Wound. It is small but painful and irritating. You try all sorts of medicaments, you com- plain, you scratch and pick at the scab. Doctors only make it worse, transforming the tiny wound...
Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.
Sadness of any sort is also seductive, particularly if it seems deep-rooted, even spiritual, rather than needy or pathetic—it makes people come to you.
Religion is the great balm of existence because it takes us outside ourselves, connects us to something larger
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