PsychologyPower without love is reckless, and love without power is sentimental.
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Read more from this book →PsychologyThe most effective means of influence is to alter your moods and attitude.People are responding to your energy and demeanor even more than to your words.
Read more from this book →PsychologyMoney and success that last come from remaining original and not mindlessly following the path that others are following.
Read more from this book →PsychologyWe are all self-absorbed, locked in our own worlds. It is a therapeutic and liberating experience to be drawn outside ourselves and into the world of another. It is what attracts us to film and any form of fiction, entering the minds and perspectives of people so different from ourselves.
Read more from this book →PsychologyIt is hard to learn from experience when we are not looking inward, at the true causes.
Read more from this book →You should never accept the validity of people’s ideas because they have supplied “evidence.” Instead, examine the evidence yourself in the cold light of day, with as much skepticism as you can muster. Your first impulse should always be to find the evidence that disconfirms your most cherished beliefs and those of others. That is true science.
Laws of Human Nature — Robert Greene
Read more from this book →PsychologyRationality and ethical qualities must be achieved through awareness and effort. They do not come naturally. They come through a maturation proces
Read more from this book →PsychologyBe extra wary of sudden success and attention—they are not built on anything that lasts and they have an addictive pull. And the fall is always painful.
Read more from this book →PsychologyNever imagine that you are someone who can withstand rising stress without emotional leakage. It is not possible. But through self-awareness and reflection you can prevent yourself from making decisions you will come to regret.
Read more from this book →PsychologyThe Emotional Self thrives on ignorance. The moment you are aware of how it operates and dominates you is the moment it loses its hold on you and can be tamed.
Read more from this book →PsychologyThe greatest danger you face is your general assumption that you really understand people and that you can quickly judge and categorize them.
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