“If you don’t give education to people, it is easy to manipulate them.”

“[Education] seems to be the only hope: to spread enlightenment sufficiently wide so that people can no longer be manipulated to give consent to policies that will surely eventually lead to their own destruction.”

“Don’t give people what they want, give them what they need.”

“People don’t realize how easy life is to change. You just get on the bus.”

“Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to enslave.”

“People find it easy to justify their frustration in the struggle to manipulate others, but find it hard to justify the struggle for their own growth.”

““It’s easy to say that we respect other people, but sometimes our actions don’t back up our talk. Those in leadership positions should always show respect for everyone—but especially the people who work for them. When you demonstrate to people that you care about them, they will be much more inclined to follow you.”

“It is easy to consider advice when it is brought forth with care, and consideration, and gentleness. Sometimes people are offended or feel manipulated if you are so blustering, you see. And it's an opportunity to be kind — you know — usually if you're giving advice, it's because you care about people and you love them. So you ought to act that way.
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If you find yourself to be a — sort of an abrasive type of person, perhaps you might try to be gentle, because the truth is that gentleness and kindness are a lot more powerful than we are led to believe. And if you are like this, and people are telling you it doesn't work, don't listen to them — do what you know is right.”

“Genuine sincerity opens people's hearts, while manipulation causes them to close.”

“Some people like what you do, some people hate what you do, but most people simply don’t give a damn.”