Power is essentially amoral and one of the most important skills to acquire is the ability to see circumstances rather than good and evil. Power is a game – this cannot be repeated too often –, and in games you do not judge your opponents by their intentions but by the effect of their actions.

—Robert Greene

If the world is like a giant scheming court and we are trapped inside it, there is no use in trying to opt out of the game. That will only render you powerless, and powerlessness will make you miserable.

—Robert Greene