Every day you face battles — that is the reality for all creatures in their struggle to survive. But the greatest battle of all is with yourself — yo… - Robert Greene

But the greatest battle of all is with yourself — your weaknesses, your emotions, your lack of resolution in seeing things through to the end. You must declare unceasing war on yourself.

The key to staying unintimidated is to convince yourself that the person you're facing is a mere mortal, no different from you — which is in fact the truth. See the person, not the myth. Imagine him or her as a child, as someone riddled with insecurities. Cutting the other person down to size will help your keep your mental balance.

Our continual connection to social media makes us prone to new forms of viral emotional effects. These are not media designed for calm reflection.

The only means to gain one’s ends with people are force and cunning. Love also, they say; but that is to wait for sunshine, and life needs every moment. JOHANN VON GOETHE, 1749-1832