“Weak minded people are the only one's influenced by other peoples insecurities.”

“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”

“Insecure people put others down to raise themselves up.”

“All our lives are symbols. Everything we do is part of a pattern we have at least some say in. The strong make their own patterns and influence other people's, the weak have their courses mapped out for them. The weak and the unlucky, and the stupid.”

“Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.”

“In order to exert influence over people, there were other things that could be used besides love. Knowledge seemed to be an equally strong force, perhaps even stronger. Whoever possessed knowledge not only had power over the changeable passions of people, but also power over their thinking, over their minds, hearts and souls.”