Quotes About Vulnerability

a communicator who references a weakness early on is immediately seen as more honest

The second important thing to understand is that we, too, have our preprogrammed tapes; and, although they usually work to our advantage, the trigger features that activate them can be used to dupe us into playing them at the wrong times.

un comunicador que alude pronto a alguna debilidad es visto enseguida como alguien sincero.

patsy. For as long as I can recall, I've been an easy mark

the world abounds with cults populated by dependent people who are led by a charismatic figure.

It is odd that despite their current widespread use and looming future importance, most of us know very little about our automatic behavior patterns. Perhaps that is so precisely because of the mechanistic, unthinking manner in which they occur. Whatever the reason, it is vital that we clearly recognize one of their properties: They make us terribly vulnerable to anyone who does know how they work.

All the weapons of influence discussed in this book work better under some conditions than under others. If we are to defend ourselves adequately against any such weapon, it is vital that we know its optimal operating conditions in order to recognize when we are most vulnerable to its influence.

None of us offered to shake hands. There was no advantage to letting somebody get hold of you.

So many Americans are angry and frustrated these days—vulnerable to loss of job and health care and home, without a shred of economic security—they're easy prey for demagogues offering big lies. Yet the only antidote for big lies is big truth—told relentlessly and powerfully. You must be armed with it.

Economic bullying takes many forms but almost always preys on individuals and families that have little or no power and are at the mercy of those who do.

But the true emperor, Luke is telling us, arrives vulnerable and exposed, because the good life is not about the protection of the ego, but rather about the willingness to become open to the other in love.

You listen to me, Annie Woods. The one word that's forbidden when we're in bed is 'no.'" She

Horror is the removal of masks.

Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.

So much for modern science and its wonderful discoveries that just about everything can kill you. Life is only a bedtime story before a long, long sleep.

A blind man will suffer himself to be led, though by a dog, or a child.

To a small child, the perfect granddad is unafraid of big dogs and fierce storms but absolutely terrified of the word "boo."

For lack of an occasional expression of love, a relationship strong at the seams can wear thin in the middle.

Before you pledge your undying love to someone, make them promise they won't die.

In the end, who among us does not choose to be a little less right to be a little less lonely.

Dare to be imperfect and one day there will tug at your sleeve a soulmate.

It is a lifelong battle to try to love someone through the chinks in their armor.

What good is love if you never ask anything of it?

There comes a point in a relationship when you realize that you trust someone enough to let them keep their secrets.