Author of quotes: Robert Green. Page 1

The presence of enemies brings a lot of benefits. For example, they inspire us and are forced to articulate what we believe. The artist Salvador Dali soon realized that there are a lot of qualities that he abhors in others: conformity, romanticism, piety feigned. At each stage of his life he found people who he thought represented antiidle, enemies, against which it was worth fighting for. The first was the poet Federico Garcia Lorca, who wrote romantic poems; the next was Andre Breton, a harsh leader of the Surrealists. The presence of such enemies, against whom he rebelled, inspired by Dali, helped him to gain confidence.

Say or do something that could be interpreted in different ways, which can seem quite gentle, and may hint at a light coldness, or even to be perceived as an insult. Friend will be surprised, but will not attach much importance. The secret foe is likely to be furious. Any burst of emotion will give you to understand that rages in the depths of the quiet pool.

Sometimes indifference and inaction serve as a more effective weapon than aggression, since you can't distinguish between hostility that lies behind them

Lesson: if you see water flowing uphill, it means someone repaid the favor.

Even after coming to power, Margaret Thatcher remained an outsider: a woman, a representative of the middle class, and even with the radical far-right views. The first instinctive movement of any outsider who have achieved power - to gain recognition, to become his. It makes life easier, but they risk losing their individuality, difference from others - that stands out in public opinion. Thatcher start to imitate the surrounding men at the first opportunity it would simply be replaced by another, exactly the same politician. Instinct told her another solution: to maintain their dissent, to be "alien". In fact, she stood still and far advanced in the role of underdog, playing the card of the one woman who opposes the army men.

...mug of ale without the girls - well, alas, it is like an egg without salt or a red herring without mustard.

Your state of mind and way of thinking needs to keep pace with the times, even if the time offends your senses.

Each of us is available a higher form of intelligence that opens the horizons of the world.

Internal discipline and composure - only this will allow you to gather and not to lose the ability to sober reason.

Constantly adhering to the line of least resistance, primiraly solutions, you risk to forget about its originality and eventually lost among the other dull, average people. Instead, look at yourself as a warrior, an outsider surrounded by the enemy.

You are facing obstacles - no rivers, no mountains, and not other people, these obstacles yourself.

Too respect for the wisdom of others is fraught with belittling your own.

Charismatics are extraordinary people. From them comes the scent of adventure and risk, is highly attractive to those who life is boring.

Charisma is some mysterious force that causes us enthusiastic veneration... That's a deception on a massive scale.