Your targets cannot idealize you if they know too much about you, if they start to see you as all too human. Not only must you maintain a degree of d… - Robert Greene

Fear is the oldest and strongest emotion known to man, something deeply inscribed in our nervous system and subconscious. Over time, however, something strange began to happen. The actual terrors that we faced began to lessen in intensity as we gained increasing control over our environment. But instead of our fears lessening a well, they began to multiply in number. We started to worry about our status in society- whether people liked us, or how we fit into the group. We became anxious for our livelihoods, the future of our families and children, our personal health, and the aging process. Instead of a simple, intense fear of something powerful and real, we developed a kind of generalized anxiety.

Sometimes any emotion is better than the boredom of security.

Learn to use the knowledge of the past and you will look like a genius, even when you are really just a clever borrower.