Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable.
—Mark Twain
Simone Weil once said, "I would like to achieve the kind of radiance that can bring about nonviolently what other people might have to do violently." And, of course, we see teachers like that. We see parents like that, who have a kind of radiance so that they don't have to raise their voice; they don't have to beat their children.… They simply make a different atmosphere.
—Sissela Bok
If you can't convince them, confuse them.
—Harry S. Truman
If you have to convince someone to stay with you, then they have already left.
—Shannon L. Alder