Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.
We are not our own any more than what we possess is our own. We did not make ourselves, we cannot be supreme over ourselves. We are not our own masters.
For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the past is unchangeable? If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable – what then?
Everything is controlled and everybody is a member of some committee, because then their watchdogs placed in the committees can control everything…
You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select what clothes you’re gonna wear every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That’s the only thing you should be trying to control.
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
You have two choices: to control your mind or to let your mind control you.[Vocês tem duas escolhas: dominar suas mentes, ou serem dominados por ela.]
You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.[No si può avere maggior nè minor signio ria che quella di se medesimo.]
Whoever tries to destroy the passions, instead of regulating them, tries to play the angel.[Qui veut détruire les passions, au lieu de les régler, veut faire l’ange.]
We can only control the end by making a choice at each step.
To love is to lose control.[Amar é perder o controle.]
The kind of person other people perceive you to be controls their responses to you.
