"The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new; nor can it keep people persuaded once they have ceased to believe. It penetrates into minds already open, and rather than instill opinion it articulates and justifies opinions already present in the minds of its recipients."

-- Eric Hoffer

#Believe Quotes #People Quotes #Mind Quotes

“The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.”

Source : Bella S. Abzug (1972). “Bella!: Ms. Abzug Goes to Washington”, Saturday Review Press
“It was as if pain were a room he had entered and the door had been locked behind him.”
“Teamwork is wasting half of one's time explaining to others why they are wrong.”
“When he grew old, Aristotle, who is not generally considered a tightrope dancer, liked to lose himself in the most labyrinthine and subtle of discourses [â€¦]. â€˜The more solitary and isolated I become, the more I come to like stories,â€™ he said.”
“Inside each of us dwells a more-perfect self waiting to unfold. It cries loudly for release, yet it is sometimes ignored. To answer its call, you must take time to listen.”

Source : DeBarra Mayo (1983). “Yoga”, Anderson World
“For the most part, French cities are much better preserved and looked after than British cities, because the bourgeoisie, the people who run the cities, have always lived centrally, which has only recently begun to happen in big cities in England. Traditionally in England, people who had any money would live out in the suburbs. Now, increasingly, people with money live in the cities, but this has changed only in the last 20 or so years.”
“And it's funny how when somebody saves you, the first thing you want to do is save other people. All other people. Everybody. The kid never knew the man's name. But he never forgot that smile. "Hero" isn't the first word, but it's the first word that comes to mind.”
“I think that secular liberals need to recognize that they are still, often, hanging their worldview on what are metaphysical ideas.”

Source : Source: www.christianpost.com

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