We demand to be coaxed and comforted, to be encouraged and gratified, so we choose a teacher who will give us what we crave for. We do not search out reality, but go after gratification and sensation.
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed down-stairs one step at a time.
We arrogantly assume that the nervous system doesn't really need to be coaxed into romance. That romance comes from some other place.
Love cannot be forced, love cannot be coaxed and teased. It comes out of heaven, unasked and unsought.
Jazz musicians can be great teachers of business. Their creativity is not dependent on their mood, it does not have to be coaxed out of them, it has nothing to do with the phases of the moon or even how they feel that day. They go on stage and start playing. Being creative is their job.
A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.
It may well be a sign of the decadence of the Church and the failure of Christianity that gifts have to be coaxed out of people, and that often they will not give at all unless they get something for their money in the way of entertainment or of goods. Giving which is real giving has a certain recklessness in it.
