{"quotes":[{"text":"There is nothing spiritual about a marriage that uses guilt, blame, shame or religious manipulations to keep a relationship together.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["blame","divorce","fear","guilt-trips","lack-of-courage","lied-to","loss-of-respect","loveless","manipulated","manipulations","marriage-problems","relationship-problems","self-serving","used"],"id":34020,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"He's sort of a Svengali... It means someone who's manipulative. More than that: somebody who makes you think that you need him in order to accomplish anything.","author":"Anne Beattie","tags":["manipulations","relationship","toxic-love"],"id":73586,"author_id":"Anne+Beattie"},{"text":"People either build a castle or a dungeon. The former by their virtues, pull people into positive edifices with gainful impression. The later by their vices, push people into negative huts with painful oppression.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["bad","castle","castles","dungeon","dungeons","edifice","edifices","food-for-thought","gain","gainful","gains","good","good-or-bad","heal","impress","impression","israelmore-ayivor","kill","lead-people","leader","leaders","leadership","manipulate","manipulations","manipulator","manipulators","mislead","misleader","misleaders","oppress","oppression","oppressive","oppressor","oppressors","pain","pain-and-gain","painful","pains","people","personal-development","push","self-improvement","vice","vices","virtue","virtues"],"id":89360,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"When you are posessed by evil spirits, it is crafty manipulations that you follow; but when you are posessed by the Holy Spirit of God, it is wise discretions you pursue!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["believe-in-jesus","believe-in-the-holy-spirit","bible","christ","christian","craft","crafty","deceit","deceitful","deceive","deception","decisions","devil","discretion","discretions","evangelism","evil","evil-spirit","follow","food-for-thought","god","holy-spirit","israelmore-ayivor","jesus","jesus-christ","jesus-conquer-the-devil","liar","lie","lied","lies","manipulate","manipulations","message-of-god","posess","possess","preach","preaching","pursue","satan","satanic","satanic-influence","sermon","spirit","the-devil-is-a-liar","the-life","the-truth","the-way","the-way-the-truth-and-the-life","to-kil-to-steal-and-to-destroy","wisdom","wise","wordliness","worship"],"id":194288,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"In the second half of life, people have less power to infatuate you. But they also have much less power to control you or hurt you.","author":"Richard Rohr","tags":["emotions","independence","manipulations"],"id":346772,"author_id":"Richard+Rohr"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":5,"pages":1}}