Quotes About Control

Politics is almost never violent toward the people who are actually making the political decisions.

4:15. Not 4 not 4:30 but 4:15. She thought to intimidate me with the use of quarter hours.

Remember, a suggestion cannot impose itself on the subconscious mind against the will of the conscious mind. Your conscious mind has the power to reject the suggestion.

is never what some other person says or does that affects him. Rather, it is his own reaction to what is said or done that matters.

Emotions follow thoughts, and you have the power to reject all thoughts that may disturb or upset you.

The only sap from which they draw life is your attention and fear of them.

Nothing happens by chance. This is a world of order and laws.

Suppose you were crossing the ocean in a supersonic jet-liner and you wandered into the cockpit. You certainly would not know how to fly the plane, but you would not find it difficult to distract the pilot and cause a problem. In the same way, your conscious mind cannot operate your body, but it can get in the way of proper operation.

The Pilgrim's Credo I am not in control. I am not in a hurry. I walk in faith and hope. I greet everyone with peace. I bring back only what God gives me.

The West wants unconditional love; failing that, unconditional surrender.

She blew out a breath between gritted teeth. "Sometimes I really want to"—a frustrated sound—"bite you!" He froze. "I might let you." "I won't do it if you'd enjoy it.

I could do it, Listen boasted. Show me how and I could run the whole damn planet. You can't even reach the on button, said Cienfuegos.

He had no more control over his life than a dog on a chain, but caring for Lucy made him feel…well…strong.

It's because they're afraid of El Patrón

It's my fault, said Rune. He's untrained and likely to overdo things. Like turning the queen bald. That was a good trick, though. Olaf smiled.

The child will not learn to trust someone weaker than himself or herself. If they can control and manipulate the adult, they are stronger. The adult MUST be strong enough to be in charge in a loving way for the child to learn to trust and bond.

Sonia's terribly fond of juggling with people's lives. I never shall forget when she made me go to her doctor...I can only say he very nearly killed me. It's not her fault if I'm here today. She's entirely unscrupulous. She gets a hold over people much too easily, with her charm and her prestige, and then forces her own values on them.

he carried a hundred soldiers in his hand. "The

Fate sure has a funny way of messing up our well-ordered lives." As

When you're living your life in endurance mode, you don't expect anything good to happen. I'm not saying that you don't dream about some miracle that would change everything for the better. But you pretty much know it's only a fantasy, and that you have no real control over anything.

Anyone in this world can have the power of life and death over someone else. It's horrible, but true. All you need to do is take it. And once you have -- there is no going back. (The Killer's Cousin)

I'm not looking to overthrow the American government, the corporate state already has. —JOHN TRUDELL

there is no humane way to rule people against their will.

Indeed the roots of the climate crisis date back to core civilizational myths on which post-Enlightenment Western culture is founded—myths about humanity's duty to dominate a natural world that is believed to be at once limitless and entirely controllable.