"We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than by ultimatums. Tha…"

"Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me."

"Variant:You won't persuade [peiseis] me even if you convince [peisēs] me."

"In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third…"

"This progress among the people through Dharma has been done by two means, by Dharma regulations and by persuasion. Of…"

"Persuasion of others is to show that oneself is convinced."

"If I was wrong in yielding to persuasion once, remember that it was to persuasion exerted on the side of safety, not …"

"To yield readily--easily--to the persuasion of a friend is no merit.... To yield without conviction is no compliment …"

"Whatever your religious persuasion, if you believe that that the universe is governed by benign forces, at some point…"

"Maybe tomorrow when He looks down Every green field and every town All of his children, every nation There'll be peac…"