Force a hand, and it will fight you. But convince and mind to think as you want it to think, an you have an ally

Our ancestors in the ages that are gone really believed that by force you could convince a man. You cannot change the conclusion of the brain by force, but I will tell you what you can do by force, and what you have done by force. You can make hypocrites by the million.

If someone succeeds in provoking you, realize that your mind is complicit in the provocation.

Rule your mind or it will rule you.

Rule your mind or it will rule you.

Fighting the mind does not work. What works best is learning to focus it.

Your mind is complicit in the provocation.

Try fighting with your head for a change...
it's a good one, even if it does resist learning.

For thousands of years people have been trying to force other people to think their way. Did they succeed? No. Will they succeed? No. Why? Because brute force is not an argument.

Therefore, you can use your mind to change your brain to benefit your mind — and everyone else

Rule your mind or it will rule you. — Horace Between

Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. And your mind will punish you for believing both. (Fight it) by speaking the truth. If you speak the truth, you will be able to face whatever comes.

Can you fight a force which can make you surrender willingly when it so desires; can make you a faithful servant when it so desires?

Convincing someone to change their mind is really the process of convincing someone to change their tribe. If they abandon their beliefs, they run the risk of losing social ties. You can't expect someone to change their mind if you take away their community too. You have to give them somewhere to go.

Nobody wants their worldview torn apart if loneliness is the outcome.