Force a hand, the voice warned, and it will fight you. But convince a mind to think as you want it to think, and you have an ally.
Interpretation
Using persuasion rather than force leads to cooperation and unity.
This quote highlights the importance of influence and persuasion over coercion in achieving one's goals. It suggests that rather than forcing someone to act against their will, it is more effective to inspire and guide their thoughts, making them a partner in the endeavor.
In practice
In a leadership meeting to emphasize teamwork, one might say this quote to encourage collaboration rather than confrontation.
I often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which way I'm able to conceal the information I'm trying to conceal. And that is, at the end of the day, what writing suspense is all about.
When swimming into a dark tunnel,there arrives a point of no return when you no longer have enough breath to double back.your choice is to swim forward into the unknown....and pray for an exit
Only one form of contagion travels faster than a virus. And that's fear.
Angels and demons were identical--interchangeable archetypes--all a matter of polarity. The guardian angel who conquered your enemy in battle was perceived by your enemy as a demon destroyer.
Futurists don't consider overpopulation one of the issues of the future. They consider it the issue of the future.
We have plenty of technologies we could use to destroy the planet, and we don't. There's more love on this planet than hate; there's more creativity than destructive power.
You are too young to know how the world changes everyday,' said Mrs Creakle, 'and how the people in it pass away. But we all have to learn it, David; some of us when we are young, some of us when we are old, some of us at all times in our lives.
You may as well quit reading and hearing the Word of God, and give it to the devil, if you do not desire to live according to it.
Many writers will get a contract by selling chapters and outlines or something like that. I wrote the entire novel, and when it was all finished, I would give it to my agent and say, 'Well, here's a novel; sell it if you can.' And they would do that, and it was good because I never had anyone looking over my shoulder.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
The fool,fixed in his folly,may think He can turn the wheel on which he turns.
I attempt an arduous task but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement
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