You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time

The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret

Influence may be the highest level of human skills

The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love. Whomever I love and am with most of the time, or whomever I remember most vividly. I think that's true of everyone, don't you

He who influences the thoughts of his times, influences all the times that follow. He has made his impress on eternity

There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is to give him one's own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions. His virtures are not real to him. His sins, if there are such thing as sins, are borrowed. He becomes an echo of someone else's music, an actor of a part that has not been written for him

You don't have to be a person of influence to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they've taught me

I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you

The future influences the present just as much as the past

We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere