All masters want to appear more brilliant than other people.
At your birth a seed is planted. That seed is your uniqueness. It wants to grow, transform itself, and flower to its full potential. It has a natural, assertive energy to it. Your Life's Task is to br...
Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act like a King to be treated
Desire is both imitative (we like what others like) and competitive (we want to take away from others what they have). As children, we wanted to monopolize the attention of a parent, to draw it away f...
Everything in life can be taken away from you and generally will be at some point. Your wealth vanishes, the latest gadgetry suddenly becomes passé, your allies desert you. But if your mind is armed w...
He who poses as a fool is not a fool.
In the future, the great division will be between those who have trained themselves to handle these complexities and those who are overwhelmed by them -- those who can acquire skills and discipline th...
It is natural to want to employ your friends when you find yourself in times of need. The world is a harsh place, and your friends soften the harshness. Besides, you know them. Why depend on a strange...
It is not much good being wise among fools and sane among lunatics.
It is your own bad strategies, not the unfair opponent, that are to blame for your failures. You are responsible for the good and bad in your life.
Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent
Learn to destroy your enemies by opening holes in their own reputations. Then stand aside and let public opinion hang them.
Never take your position for granted and never let any favors you receive go to your head.
Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others—that is too high a price to pay.
People are more complicated than the masks they wear in society.
Some 2,600 years ago the ancient Greek poet Pindar wrote, Become who you are by learning who you are. What he meant is the following: You are born with a particular makeup and tendencies that mark you...
Such is the fate, in some form or other, of all those who unbalance the master’s sense of self, poke holes in his vanity, or make him doubt his pre-eminence.
There is nothing more intoxicating than victory, and nothing more dangerous.
There is too little mystery in the world; too many people say exactly what they feel or want.
Think of the mind as a river: the faster it flows, the better it keeps up with the present and responds to change. The faster it flows, also the more it refreshes itself and the greater its energy. Ob...
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