Posts tagged "persuasion"
If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.
Henry David Thoreau (via olcrein)(via olcrein)
Those who justify themselves do not convince.
Lau Tzu
The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him.
Leo Tolstoy, 1897
Setting an example is not the main means of influencing people, it is the only means.
Albert Einstein
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