"People are generally better persuaded by the..." - Quote by Blaise Pascal

“Good deeds, when concealed, are the most admirable.”

“We are so presumptuous that we should like to be known all over the world, even by people who will only come when we are no more. Such is our vanity that the good opinion of half a dozen of the people around us gives us pleasure and satisfaction.”

“Meanings receive their dignity from words instead of giving it to them.”

“A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall. So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey which catches his heart, which, say what he will, is the highroad to his reason.”

“Amplification is the vice of modern oratory. It is an insult to an assembly of reasonable men, disgusting and revolting instead ofpersuading. Speeches measured by the hour, die by the hour.”

“Given that some social processes must convey inherent constraints, the choice is among various mixtures of persuasion, force, and cultural inducement. The less of one, the more of theothers. The degree of freedom that is possible is therefore tied to the extent to which people respond to persuasion or inducement.”

“The secret of successful people lies in their ability to discover their strengths and to organize their life so that these strengths can be applied.”

“We can't find the truth listening to our own voice's echo. We can find ourselves only in someone's mirror”

“Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.”