Quotes About Persuasion

Zen is not a philosophy, it is poetry. It does not propose, it simply persuades. It does not argue, it simply sings its own song.

Philosophy will tell you what to say, eloquence will tell you how to say it

Logic is the art of making truth prevail.

You may lie with your mouth, but with the mouth you make as you do so you none the less tell the truth.

Win them with your infectious optimism and burning smile.

What the sense feels, what the spirit perceives, is never an end in itself. But sense and spirit would like to persuade you that they are the end of all things: they are as vain as that.

It is never hard to convince a man of something he already wants to believe

To change someone's mind, requires only that you speak a more compelling narrative about their situation than their current one.

Propaganda is what gives us the freedom to do as we are told.

A writer uses his pen as a gun to kill readers.

Lying is an art, if you can convince yourself with lie, then you are a master.

Colors in painting are as allurements for persuading the eyes, as the sweetness of meter is in poetry.

I do not write for the public. You are my public and I hope to convert you.

Poetry is a man arguing with himself; rhetoric is a man arguing with others.

Few things are more irritating than when someone who is wrong is also very effective in making his point.

Meet them halfway with love, peace, and persuasion, and expect them to rise for the occasion.

A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience.

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.

By oft repeating an untruth, men come to believe it themselves.

Let us not forget that we can never go farther than we can persuade at least half of the people to go.

Through talk, we tamed kings, restrained tyrants, averted revolution

Ammunition beats persuasion when you are looking for freedom.

Return to the fundamentals of politics - sell our story door to door.

Politics are private. I don't understand people who try to convince you to join one party or another.