Listen. Do not have an opinion while you listen because frankly, your opinion doesn?t hold much water outside of Your Universe. Just listen. Listen until their brain has been twisted like a dripping towel and what they have to say is all over the floor.
When you want to believe in something, you also have to believe in everything that's necessary for believing in it.
How we treasure (and admire) the people who acknowledge us!
I'd learned my lesson.
Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success - yours or his.
Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.
Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.