Quotes About Manipulation

The secret of a good lie is don't overly explain, and throw in one good detail.

She loved me and pitied me. And I loved her and used her. It never was a simple thing. That day, our hearts were pure as they ever would get.

El secreto de una buena mentira es no dar demasiadas explicaciones y aportar un buen detalle.

there. Of course, the DPRK purposely infantilized its citizens, making everyone helpless and powerless so that they depended on the state.

Of course, the DPRK purposely infantilized its citizens, making everyone helpless and powerless so that they depended on the state.

There was nothing any of us could write about except what we were allowed to see, which was a concert like any other, a few staged welcome performances, and the usual tourist sites. It was a lesson in control and manipulation. The real audience was not those in the concert hall but the journalists whose role was to deliver a sanitized version of North Korea to the outside world, and what shocked me was how easily seduced they were.

When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.

If your opponent is of choleric temper,  seek to irritate him.  Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.

Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm

Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will.

Those skilled at making the enemy move do so by creating a situation to which he must conform; they entice him with something he is certain to take, and with lures of ostensible profit they await him in strength.

O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible, and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands.

Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.

All warfare is based on deception.

Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible; and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands.

When we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away...

Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.

15. In war, practice dissimulation, and you will succeed.

Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.

One need not destroy one's enemy. One need only destroy his willingness to engage.

The art of war is the art of deception.

Attack by Stratagem

When strong, appear weak. Brave, appear fearful. Orderly, appear chaotic. Full, appear empty. Wise, appear foolish. Many, appear to be few. Advancing, appear to retreat. Moving quickly, appear to be slow. Taking, appear to leave. In one place, appear to be in another.

All warfare is based on deception. Therefore, when capable, pretend to be incapable; when active, inactive; when near, make the enemy believe that you are far away; when far away; that you are near.