I mean it. A confidence man knows he's lying; that limits his scope. But a successful shaman believes what he… — Robert A. Heinlein
I mean it. A confidence man knows he's lying; that limits his scope. But a successful shaman believes what he says — and belief is contagious; there is no limit to his scope. But I lacked the necessary confidence in my own infallibility; I could never become a prophet ... just a critic — a sort of fourth-rate prophet with delusions of gender.
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