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“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...”
“Sometimes the greatest pain, is the one we think we cant control.”
“It's weird, marriage. It's like this license that gives a person the legal right to control their spouse / their 'other half.”
“Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope.”
“But love is much like a dam: if you allow a tiny crack to form through whichonly a trickle of water can pass, that trickle will quickly bring down the whole structure, and soon no one will be able ...”
“Listen to me. They may control what you do, but no one can pee on your soul without your permission.”
“Thoughts control your feelings, and people around you control your thoughts.”
“Power. It's all about that, don't you forget. People want money or power.”
“Don't let anyone control how much, and who you give to-people have a way of spending your money”
“If you do not have control over your mouth, you will not have control over your future.”
“A label locks me into a definition that people use to control me. A vision graces me with an idea that serves to release me.”
“Let us liberate ourselves from any form of control. Let us focus at the inner drum, where the rhythm aligns with that of our heart. The measure of responsibility, equals to the need for evolution. ...”
“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”
“Risk is the factor of a stratagem measured by what man is powerless to control.”
“You can't make me do nothing but die!”
“Probably the wisest words that were ever uttered to me. Came from a therapist. I was sitting in her office, crying my eyes out. . . and she said, "So let me get this straight. You base your persona...”
“I write in a fantasy world so I can make up my own rules and can change facts when I want to. It's all about having control.”
“Is is true that dictators never dream because they can change their smallest fantasies into realities if they want to?”
“They got the absolute freedom to choose what we want them to.”
“Love is about giving freedom and power, not about gaining control or possession.”
