<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The deepest form of influence is not telling... > The deepest form of influence is not telling people what to think, but shaping what feels natural to think about. **Source:** [[articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-extraction-markup-20260922/postimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-extraction-markup-20260922/preimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-reminder-links-repair-20260922/postimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-reminder-links-repair-20260922/preimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The deepest form of influence is not telling people what to think, but shaping what feels natural to think about.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-deepest-form-influence-feels-natural-think ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->