Kindling

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Melt It, Do Not Hammer It

Alexander Maclaren

Alexander Maclaren said, “Kindness makes a person attractive. If you would win the world, melt it, do not hammer it.” The image is still useful. Hammering may produce compliance. Melting produces a different kind of change—one that begins from the inside.

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For the manner of our influence. Force can compel; kindness can change.

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