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"People think you have only to 'tell' a person that he 'ought' to do something in order to put him on the right track. But whether he can or will do it is another matter."
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"We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself."
"Never force a man to do your wish, but let them wish to do it by force."
"If you are always persuasive, you would be able to make new friends in society."
"The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way."
"It is acceptable to bring someone to tears if it explains to them in an emotional way why a product, a service, or a candidate is the right person, is the right thing to do."
"Just hear me out. While you were napping, I was busy chatting up our allies. Didn't you know--your woman's a golden-tongued ambassador! My sisters always said I graduated from the shock-and-awe school of diplomacy, but joke 'em if they can't take a fuck, right?"
"Flattery and insults raise the same question: What do you want?"
"If you want people to believe you, appeal to their hearts not to their brains."
"People think you have only to 'tell' a person that he 'ought' to do something in order to put him on the right track. But whether he can or will do it is another matter."
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"The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases."
"One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child."
"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed."
"So they speak soothingly about progress and the greatest possible happiness forgetting that happiness is itself poisoned if the measure of suffering has not been fulfilled."
"It is under all circumstances an advantage to be in full possession of one's personality, otherwise the repressed elements will only crop up as a hindrance elsewhere, not just at some unimportant point, but at the very spot where we are most sensitive. If people can be educated to see the shadow-side of their nature clearly, it may be hoped that they will also learn to understand and love their fellow men better. A little less hypocrisy and a little more self-knowledge can only have good results in respect for our neighbor; for we are all too prone to transfer to our fellows the injustice and violence we inflict upon our own natures."
"As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being."
"Midlife is the time to let go of an overdominant ego and to contemplate the deeper significance of human existence."
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