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"Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own."

Arthur Schopenhauer

topics:

• learning

• reading

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"In our culture we tend to equate thinking and intellectual powers with success and achievement. In many ways, however, it is an emotional quality that separates those who master a field from the many who simply work at a job."

Robert Greene

topics:

• mastery

123

"..you must meet any boredom head-on and not try to avoid or repress it. Throughout your life you will encounter tedious situations, and you must cultivate the ability to handle them with discipline."

Robert Greene

topics:

• challenge

• learning

• boredom

• mastery

139

"There is nothing more intoxicating than victory, and nothing more dangerous."

Robert Greene

topics:

• pride

• power

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