

“You believe someone not because you have no doubts about them. Belief is not the absence of doubt. You believe someone because you don’t have enough doubts about them.”
― Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
― Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know

“Children don’t need to have their feelings agreed with; they need to have them acknowledged.”
― How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
― How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

“The excessive use of force creates legitimacy problems, and force without legitimacy leads to defiance, not submission.”
― David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
― David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

“Every man is a king so long as he has someone to look down on.”
― It Can't Happen Here
― It Can't Happen Here

“We start by believing. And we stop believing only when our doubts and misgivings rise to the point where we can no longer explain them away.”
― Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
― Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
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