Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
The Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid; given proper motivation almost anyone will believe almost anything.
Men are so simple of mind, and so much dominated by their immediate needs, that a deceitful man will always find plenty who are ready to be deceived.
The technique of a mass movement aims to infect people with a malady and then offer the movement as a cure.
Scratching people where they itch and addressing their 'felt needs' is a stratagem of the poor steward of the oracles of God. This was the recipe for success for the false prophets of the Old Testament.
I have taken advantage of other people's weaknesses in order to cover my own.
besides, how can you cheat a cheater?
But evil is a cunning force. It can find the weakness in any man, even the bravest. [...] It only takes a single weak moment to let evil in.
The secret of being a top-notch con man is being able to know what the mark wants, and how to make him think he's getting it.
Hackers often describe what they do as playfully creative problem solving.
Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses.
Hacking involves a different way of looking at problems that no one's thought of.
See, unlike most hackers, I get little joy out of figuring out how to install the latest toy.
My primary goal of hacking was the intellectual curiosity, the seduction of adventure.
Because he knew the best way to get what he wanted was to break down what made us strongest. And our friendships were what made us strong.
