#control

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.

Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions.

If you wish your children, and your wife, and your friends to live for ever, you are stupid; for you wish to be in control of things which you cannot.

The more you give up control, the more power you have. Real power is the power of yielding, like water.

Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.

Whatever holds the attention controls the action.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

The duration of our passions depends no more upon ourselves than does the duration of our lives.

Forget the past, for it is gone from your domain! Forget the future, for it is beyond your reach! Control the present! Live supremely well now!

Control the senses, calm the mind, discriminate between the real and the unreal, and enter the sanctum of the heart.

Control over the tongue is the greatest virtue; a single careless word can bring ruin to an entire life. (Kural 127)

You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control.

You will cease to fear when you cease to hope for what is outside your control.