The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus.

Everything changes. This is the key to feeling powerful, but also to being creative in the world.

The worst thing is to sit and whine and complain and obsess about money as if that were the only sign of your worth as a human.

There's physical adversity, that if you are someone that likes exercise like I do, I exercise everyday. When you exercise, there's pain involved and so you're putting yourself through adversity in that situation. It's never totally pleasurable and there are moments where it's kind of boring or painful and you know that in doing that, you're making your mind and body tougher and more resilient. So must be able to deal with the boredom that happens in life.

In a society where the roles everyone plays are obvious, the refusal to conform to any standard will excite interest. Be both masculine and feminine, impudent and charming, subtle and outrageous. Let other people worry about being socially acceptable; those types are a dime a dozen, and you are after a power greater than they can imagine.

The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, your spell on them is broken.

When there are no other options, people fight harder. If the choice is life or death they have nothing to lose.