(November 7, 2021 at 11:33 am)onlinebiker Wrote:(November 7, 2021 at 7:45 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: ‘If you treat a man as what he is, he will remain what he is. If you treat a man as what he could be, he will become what he could be.’ - Goethe
Boru
So treating the dirtbag like a dead man works out?
Good to know...
The quote is contextual. Inasmuch as treating someone a certain way influences what they become, Gothe urges us to treat people what they could be.
You can't just walk the street around treating people a certain way and change them. That's absurd. And that's not what Goethe meant. But there are people in our lives whom our actions influence. Of those, I think it's a good idea to keep Goethe's words in mind.