Quotes About Control

It was an interesting lesson in power. The only time you truly have it is when you genuinely don't care whether you have it or not.

Nothing binds you except your thoughts; nothing limits you except your fear; and nothing controls you except your beliefs.

There is, inside all our heads, the ego's rabid attack dog. It is purely vicious toward others and toward ourselves as well. Learning to control that dog, and ultimately to end its life, is the process and purpose of enlightened relationships.

Our power lies in remaining nonreactive.

If a man is unmarried, he is called a bachelor. If a woman is unmarried, she is called a spinster or an old maid. What is it about an unmarried woman that poses such a threat to the patriarchal order? Mainly, it is that women are no one's property when we're unmarried. We're under no one's control, and neither are our children. There is no telling what we might do or say.

The ego seeks intimacy through control and guilt. The Holy Spirit seeks intimacy through acceptance and release.

You're afraid of feelings the way you're afraid of food: you're afraid that once you start, you may never stop. But the truth is, feelings are only out of control when they're not handed over for divine resolution. Given to Divine Mind, they're lifted to divine right order—where they will be appropriately felt and then appropriately dissolved. So too shall it be with food appetites, for they are mere reflections of your turmoil or peace.

special relationship is a relationship based on fear.

I free the universe from my efforts to control it.

El ego es como un virus informático que ataca al centro del sistema operativo.

The powerful man takes as his right the love he desires, if but for a night.

One should never blame gods, he believed, for the use to which human beings put them.

It's not the power of the curse, it is the power you give the curse.

A lot of people don't want to make their own decisions. They're too scared. It's much easier to be told what to do.

I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.

A little too much anger, too often or at the wrong time, can destroy more than you would ever imagine.

Behold how much wood is kindled by how small a fire, and the tongue is fire.

A little too much anger, too often or at the wrong time, can destroy more than you would ever imagine. Above all, mind what you say. "Behold how much wood is kindled by how small a fire, and the tongue is a fire"—that's the truth.

She was afraid to be angry and that made her angry.

Una punta di rabbia di troppo, troppo spesso o al momento sbagliato, può distruggere più di quanto potresti mai immaginare. Soprattutto, bada a quello che dici. Vedete un piccolo fuoco quale grande foresta può incendiare! Anche la lingua è un fuoco: ecco la verità.

A little too much anger, too often or at the wrong time, can destroy more than you would ever imagine. Above

but if there was one thing I should have learned from them and did not learn, it was to control my temper. This is wisdom I should have attained a long time ago. Even now, when a flutter of my pulse makes me think of final things, I find myself losing my temper, because a drawer sticks or because I've misplaced my glasses.

Power wears out those who do not have it.

If anything in this life is certain...if history has taught us anything, it's that you cn kill anyone.