When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out. Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one's ability to persuade. --paraphrasing advice from her mother-in-law
04377 – Reacting vs. Persuading
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04264 – No Longer America?
Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America.
03848 – Persuading Idiots
No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot.
02809 – First-Hand Knowledge
The simplest student will be able to understand, if not all, yet a very great deal of what Plato said; but hardly anyone can understand some modern books on Platonism. It has always therefore been one of my main endeavors as a teacher to persuade the young that...