All Quotes By Tag: Control

“those who are afraid of freedom are those who cannot trust us to live in them. Trying to keep the law is actually a declaration of independence, a way of keeping control”

“We live in a world that is beyond our control, and life is in a constant flux of change. So we have a decision to make: keep trying to control a storm that is not going to go away or start learning how to live within the rain.”

“Gentleness is strength under control. It is the ability to stay calm, no matter what happens.”

“It (trying to keep the law) grants you the power to judge others and feel superior to them. You believe you are living to a higher standard than those you judge. Enforcing rules, especially in its more subtle expressions like responsibility and expectation, is a vain attempt to create certainty out of uncertainty. And contrary to what you might think, I have a great fondness for uncertainty. Rules cannot bring freedom; they only have the power to accuse.”

“If you control my life the only person to blame, is me!”

“Is it God’s will and words that separates man from woman or is it the hysterics of man as he seeks to control the lives of those around him?”

“Sleep with the knowledge that you control your dreams, and only you can make them come true.”

“It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous — even death is terrible only if we fear it.”

“Do not do that again,” he said stiffly.”Don’t kiss me back then,” I retorted.He stared at me for what seemed like forever. “I don’t give ‘Zen lessons’ to hear myself talk. I don’t give them because you’re another student. I’m doing this to teach you control.””You’re doing a great job,” I said bitterly.”

“The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.”

“Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.”

“I choose to write because it’s perfect for me. It’s an escape, a place I can go to hide. It’s a friend, when I feel out casted from everyone else. It’s a journal, when the only story I can tell is my own. It’s a book, when I need to be somewhere else. It’s control, when I feel so out of control. It’s healing, when everything seems pretty messed up.And it’s fun, when life is just flat-out boring.”

“Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.”

“No matter how much you love someone, you still want to have you own way.”

“If you can’t control your peanut butter, you can’t expect to control your life.”