Lao Tzu on control
Lao Tzu95 quotes“He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.”
More from Lao Tzu
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.
Lao TzuLao Tzu A man who knows how little he knows is well, a man who knows how much he knows is sick.
Lao TzuLao Tzu Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
Lao TzuLao Tzu Stop thinking, and end your problems.
Lao TzuLao Tzu A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.
Lao TzuLao Tzu Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Lao TzuLao Tzu To understand the limitation of things, desire them.
Lao TzuLao Tzu Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Lao TzuLao Tzu Love is a decision – not an emotion!
Lao TzuLao Tzu Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.
Lao TzuLao Tzu Stop leaving and you will arrive. Stop searching and you will see. Stop running away and you will be found.
Lao TzuLao Tzu Take care with the end as you do with the beginning.
Lao TzuLao Tzu There is a time to live and a time to die but never to reject the moment.
Lao TzuLao Tzu Just remain in the center; watching. And then forget that you are there.
Lao TzuLao Tzu Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes.
Lao TzuLao Tzu He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love.
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Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
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More on control
Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.
ThucydidesThucydides If you change the rules on what controls you… you will change the rules on what you can control.
Guy RitchieGuy Ritchie The simple intention to surrender control is all you need to experience miracles.
Gabrielle BernsteinGabrielle Bernstein Based on every statement I’ve heard out of any Republican in the last two years, the Israelis are controlling our government.
Bill MaherBill Maher Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
Eric ClaptonEric Clapton An actor who’s a control freak, that doesn’t work. We have to be malleable. We cannot come in and try to control or dominate.
Nicole KidmanNicole Kidman A man whose eyes love opens risks his soul – His dancing breaks beyond the mind’s control.
Farid al-Din AttarFarid al-Din Attar Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure.
Sylvester StalloneSylvester Stallone
