Quotes About Control

sometimes while dreaming, we consciously notice that we are dreaming. This clear-sighted state of consciousness is referred to as lucid dreaming.

The verbalization that I use myself to organize my intended effort is, "next time I'm dreaming I want to remember to recognize I'm dreaming." The "when" and the "what" of the intended action must be clearly specified.

Fear is your worst enemy in dreams; if you allow it to persist, it will grow stronger and your self confidence as well as your lucidity will grow correspondingly weaker.

The main reason Americans buy guns is to tell themselves the story of the failure of government.

The paradigm that government should have a monopoly of small arms implies the surreal normative postulate that citizens—or, rather, subjects—should be treated as the Jews were in Nazi Germany.

How to be one up—how to make the other man feel that something has gone wrong, however slightly.

There is only one way to deal with anarchy and that is to crush it, not with a slap on the wrist, but a broad-axe on the neck.

As the shape and interior of the puzzle became clearer, those who possessed this information began to imagine controlling it. Empires exist because they can be conceived.

It's not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that hurts us.

Great Light, the Enemy's power is so fragile! The devils can use only what we ourselves will give them. Do you see? Give them nothing and their power fails; it falls like a spent arrow, like a blade broken and blunted.

Kings come and go, but sovereignty remains. Kings are men, and men may fall to vice and corruption, but sovereignty is pure and undefiled at its source.

Cling too tightly to your life and you will lose it, my reluctant warrior. You must become the master of your life, not its slave.

You must become the master of your life, not its slave.

It is the poor man who clenches so tightly to the gold he is given - for fear of losing it. The man of wealth spends his gold freely to accomplish his will in the world. It is the same with life.' Suddenly ashamed of my conspicuous poverty, I lowered my eyes. But Scatha placed a hand beneath my chin and raised my head. 'Cling too tightly to your life and you will lose it, my Reluctant Warrior. You must become the master of your life, not its slave.

No matter whether you believe in luck or chance, the final decision is from yourself.

A failure is always in the passenger seat in his or her life.

Do not let your anger lead to hatred, as you will hurt yourself more than you would the other.

Your self-confidence is simply the part of your brain that tells you whether or not you should try something different or new or believe in yourself, and just as a Jedi truly believes that it is within their power to control their thoughts and stay in the Light, so can you.

To control your life, control your mind. To control your mind, control your breath.

When you have mastered fear then you have mastered all.

While it is easy to get caught up in the beliefs and attitudes of others, it is easier still to make one's self a victim of circumstance. Victims of circumstance believe they have no power over their lives, since they are merely the play-things of fate. Since they believe this, it is therefore so.

It is not always possible to do away with negative thinking, but with persistence and practice, one can gain mastery over them so that they do not take the upper hand.

I pulled the homemade jail knife out that I had in my hand, Porkie pulled out the very sharp lockback knife that he had concealed up his sleeve. We told the warden and nurse to sit on the floor, and if they did as we told them then no one would get hurt.

The desire to have the power over others and dominate them arises basically from the negative thoughts that you have inside you.