Quotes about Manipulation

Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.

There is nothing so absurd that it cannot be believed as truth if repeated often enough.

A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

Sometimes people behave in certain ways to provoke us to react in certain ways. If we stop reacting in these certain ways, we take all the fun out of it for them.

Freedom cannot last long without education, because an uneducated populace is likely to be duped by tyrants. An educated populace cannot be easily manipulated and is the foundation of a strong society.

A big difference exists between trying to manipulate God to give us what we want and cooperating with God so He can give us what He wants.

Satan is a planner and a user. He seeks opportunities to use people to fulfill his plan.

When you need to set boundaries . . . They are the kind [of people] who work their way into people's homes and win the confidence of vulnerable women who are burdened with the guilt of sin and controlled by various desires. 2 TIMOTHY 3:6

A big difference exists between trying to manipulate God to give us what we want and cooperating with God so He can give us what He wants. The latter is our goal.

Let's be careful, though, that we don't err in the opposite extreme of faithless caution. A big difference exists between trying to manipulate God to give us what we want and cooperating with God so He can give us what He wants. The latter is our goal.

State television, from which a significant number of Poles get their news, consistently smears, in aggressive and defamatory language, the political opposition and anyone who thinks differently from the ruling party.

For Satan's deceptions to be successful, they must be so cunningly devised that his real purpose is concealed by wiles.