583 quotes found
“It's not that you should never love something so much that it can control you.It's that you need to love something that much so you can never be controlled.It's not a weakness.It's your best strength.”
“No matter how much you love someone, you still want to have you own way.”
“The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.”
“This world is your world but that doesn't mean you can always stop it from burning.”
“Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.”
“You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway.”
“I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.”
“The world can be such a fright, but it belongs to us tonight.”
“My life didn't please me, so I created my life.”
“Mindfulness meditation doesn't change life. Life remains as fragile and unpredictable as ever. Meditation changes the heart's capacity to accept life as it is. It teaches the heart to be more accom...”
“Life should never happen to you, but you should hold the power over life, with what kind of experience you wish to have, without any internal and external pressure.”
“If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life.”
“Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.”
“Women only cut their hair in times of crisis... It's somethin' a woman always has the power to do, even when she loses control over everything else. Cuttin' hair is a cry for help.”
“The overman...Who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life's terrors, he affirms life without resentment. ”
“They use fear to control us, they control us to make us afraid. One more reason to be brave.”
“But now here I am: No money. No place to stay. It should be my worst nightmare. But I don't care. It's funny the things you think you're scared of until they're upon you, and then you're not.”
“Law without reason is criminal.”
“Pain is the feeling. Suffering is the effect the pain inflicts. If one can endure pain, one can live without suffering. If one can withstand pain, one can withstand anything. If one can learn to co...”
“Sometimes integrity is seen as a threat by those who desire control.”
