#controlling

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire. ↗

— Epictetus

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What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

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Human beings are accustomed to think of intellect as the power of having and controlling ideas and of ability to learn as synonymous with ability to have ideas. But learning by having ideas is really one of the rare and isolated events in nature. ↗

— Edward Thorndike

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We can use techniques in modifying things, in controlling things, but the first impulse has to be something that you simply cannot make just out of technique, or else it becomes perfectly evident that it is nothing but technique that you're exercising. ↗

— Leo Ornstein

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The world is already yours - why try to conquer it? ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#acceptance #appreciation #conquer #consciousness #contentment

I'm controlling, and I want everything orderly, and I need lists. My mind goes a mile a minute. I'm difficult on every single level. ↗

— Sandra Bullock

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I love hitting the ball, controlling the ball. And yeah, even the roar of the crowd. I enjoy the roar of the crowd probably less than some players and more than some. But I'm not out here to be a celebrity. ↗

— David Duval

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Politics is the art of controlling your environment. ↗

— Hunter S. Thompson

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It will, of course, be understood that directly or indirectly, soon or late, every advance in the sciences of human nature will contribute to our success in controlling human nature and changing it to the advantage of the common weal. ↗

— Edward Thorndike

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Are we controlled by our thoughts, or are we controlling our thoughts? ↗

— Raymond Holliwell

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