Everything is controlled and everybody is a member of some committee, because then their watchdogs placed in the committees can control everything…
One should be able to control and manipulate experiences with an informed and intelligent mind.
My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.
Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.
Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel.