48 laws of power

The book states that you should know how to take advantage of the people around you because this would guarantee you “godlike aura of effici...

Everyone wants to have an ultimate power that can control others as one wish to. What makes you powerful is not your skill nor force but you...

Surrender is usually a sign of weakness; when someone has had enough and decides that it is best to let him be at the mercy of their enemies...

A leader must move with nothing less than absolute confidence. The bolder the lie, the better. It is by the greatness of the lie does the en...

Making other people come to you seems like a pretty obvious tactic for those who desire or have power but knowing this fact is far from actu...

Conserve your forces and energies by keeping them concentrated at their strongest point. You gain more by finding a rich mine and mining it...

As you rise in power, attention will inevitably turn on you. The book says that, in these cases, you should not take all the credit, but act...