Joseph Joubert Quotes

The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right.

The best way to win an argument is to begin by being right.

I am good at persuading people. In convincing the other, I try to start from their point of view so it's easier for me to find a common denominator.

If you can open people's hearts first, then maybe people's minds get opened after that.

In the end, people are persuaded not by what we say, but by what they understand.

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

If you are explaining, you are losing.

If you want to permanently change men's minds and hearts, you have to trust in the power of the spoken word.

To convince someone of the truth, it is not enough to state it, but rather one must find the path from error to truth.

What you say in defense of … ideas matters, and what people hear matters even more.

if we stop talking at one another, and start talking with one another, we can get a lot done.

Analogies prove nothing, that is quite true, but they can make one feel more at home.

Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason.

I don't think comedy really does change people's minds; I think you can only get someone who is almost ready to change their mind. You can't change someone from one direction straight into the other, but if you get someone who is considering your view, and you make a good point, there's power in that.

Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand.

He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

The best way to persuade people is with your ears - by listening to them.

Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say, 'God, he said exactly what I was thinking.' And when they begin to respect you, they'll follow you to the death.

I'm not out to convince anybody of anything.

Right reason is stronger than force.

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.

Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

Because an appeal makes logical sense is no guarantee that it will work.

Persuasion is clearly a sort of demonstration, since we are most fully persuaded when we consider a thing to have been demonstrated.

The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing.