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Let one persuade many, and he becomes confirmed and convinced, and cares for no better evidence.

I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something.

I think even if I did the research mentioned above, it would be a total waste of money because if those people don't believe in the testimonials, they won't believe in the research at all. They would say that I made it all up. So why waste money?

Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.

You have to give people the opportunity to prove themselves.

I'm not out to convince anybody of anything.

Before you try to convince anyone else, be sure you are convinced, and if you cannot convince yourself, drop the subject.

If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself.

We should remember that bearing a heartfelt testimony is only a beginning. We need to bear testimony, we need to mean it, and most importantly we need consistently to live it. We need to both declare and live our testimonies.

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