Quotes about Manipulation

The Enemy masterfully paints an inviting picture of freedom.

He was utterly incapable of resisting the maneuvers of the mealy-mouthed scoundrel that the Neapolitan Vincentian, Bugnini,77 a man as bereft of culture as he was of basic honesty, soon revealed himself to be. Even

He that visits the sick in hopes of a legacy, but is never so friendly in all other cases, I look upon him as being no better than a raven that watches a weak sheep only to peck out its eyes.

The man with whom you are so impressed will beguile with that tongue of his twenty who do not know him.2 Do

A man who flatterers his neighbor, spreads a net for his feet

By-ends represents the kind of man who has lifted himself up through craft and manipulation, loves all that is sophisticated and refined, and uses his religious affiliation to advance his own career. His earthy bank account is all that matters. He has no account in Heaven and no checkbook backed by true faith upon which to draw.

Even the choicest words lose their power when they are used to overpower.

Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.

If we are serious about loving someone, we have to surrender all the desires within us to manipulate the relationship.

We have a dangerous tendency to misunderstand, minimize, and even manipulate the gospel in order to accommodate our assumptions and our desires.

The children of the lie use emotions to manipulate.

For Alinsky, morality is a scam. Morality is the cloak of power. Activists appeal to the language of morality but recognize that it is a mere disguise. As Alinsky puts it, "Ethical standards must be elastic to stretch with the times... In action, one does not always enjoy the luxury of a decision that is consistent with one's individual conscience... You do what you can with what you have, and then clothe it with moral garments."