Quotes About Control

Religiosity that is hostile to sex is the product of authoritarian society.

When social cooperation is disrupted, state power is always strengthened.

The fascist mentality is a mentality of the subjugated "little man" who craves authority and rebels against it at the same time

A living being does not fire blindly without knowing at what he is shooting and for what reason. Life had to have died within those who did so. This was not changed by the fact that the machines moved spontaneously, mechanically. If these mechanical men did not exist there would be no war. But how did they work? What controlled their actions? Who created them and why? How could living beings degenerate thus?

Ça??m?zdaki genel eziyetçi y?k?c?l?k do?al sevisel ya?ama vurulan amans?z ketlerin sonucudur.

Üstelik, sana bir y???n söz söyleyerek, senin ve ya?am?n?n, ailenin ve çocuklar?n?n birer hiç oldu?unu anlat?yorlar; aptal, köleli?e elveri?li ve ba?kalar?n?n kullanaca?? birer insan oldu?unuzu söylüyorlar, insan?n size diledi?i i?lemi uygulayaca??n? hayk?r?yorlar. Size "ki?isel özgürlük" de?il "ulusal özgürlük" vaat ediyorlar.

How a person masters his fate is more important than what his fate is.

Chinese proverb: "That the birds of worry and care fly over your head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent." We avoid excessive worry

Don't let me think.

because there is nothing so arousing as fear and submission and the threat of violence.

A few Cobras in your home will soon clear it of Rats and Mice. Of course, you will still have the Cobras.

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

History reports that the men who can manage men manage the men who can manage only things, and the men who can manage money manage all.

So the story of man runs in a dreary circle, because he is not yet master of the earth that holds him.

controlling thoughts and behaviors is one of the tasks that System 2 performs.

One of the main functions of System 2 is to monitor and control thoughts and actions "suggested" by System 1

The testers found that training attention not only improved executive control; scores on nonverbal tests of intelligence also improved and the improvement was maintained for several months.

Much like the electricity meter outside your house or apartment, the pupils offer an index of the current rate at which mental energy is used. The analogy goes deep. Your use of electricity depends on what you choose to do, whether to light a room or toast a piece of bread. When you turn on a bulb or a toaster, it draws the energy it needs but no more. Similarly, we decide what to do, but we have limited control over the effort of doing it.

Flow neatly separates the two forms of effort: concentration on the task and the deliberate control of attention.

System 1 operates automatically and quickly, with little or no effort and no sense of voluntary control. System 2 allocates attention to the effortful mental activities that demand it, including complex computations. The operations of System 2 are often associated with the subjective experience of agency, choice, and concentration.

You have now been introduced to that stranger in you, which may be in control of much of what you do, although you rarely have a glimpse of it.

System 1 operates automatically and quickly, with little or no effort and no sense of voluntary control. System 2 allocates attention to the effortful mental activities that demand it, including complex computations. The operations of System 2 are often associated with the subjective

SPEAKING OF SYSTEM 1 AND SYSTEM 2 "He had an impression, but some of his impressions are illusions." "This was a pure System 1 response. She reacted to the threat before she recognized it." "This is your System 1 talking. Slow down and let your System 2 take control.

Another way of saying this is that controlling thoughts and behaviors is one of the tasks that System 2 performs.