Tag: philosophy

74 posts since September 2011 RSS

  • February 6th, 2012 9:02pm

    In a world of bluff and smoke, real action and true helpfulness are perhaps the ultimate charm.

    — Robert Greene – The Art of Seduction

  • February 6th, 2012 2:56am

    To compensate for the difficulties in their lives, people spend a lot of their time daydreaming, imagining a future full of adventure, success, and romance. If you can create the illusion that through you they can live out their dreams, you will have them at your mercy. Aim at secret wishes that have been thwarted or repressed, stirring up uncontrollable emotions, clouding their powers of reason. Lead the seduced to a point of confusion in which they can no longer tell the difference between illusion and reality.

    — Robert Greene – The Art of Seduction

  • November 12th, 2011 12:45pm

    I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

    — Aristotle

  • September 14th, 2011 5:10am

    Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.

    — Bruce Lee (via solarmonk)

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