Quotes About Control

The purpose of software engineering is to control complexity, not to create it.

Psychopaths [make] the world go around...society [is] an expression of that particular sort of madness...I've always believed society to be a fundamentally rational thing, but what if it isn't? What if it is built on insanity?

If you want to get away with wielding true, malevolent power, be boring.

Social control through consumerism might have been more benign than through more totalitarian methods, but it set up different kinds of distortions that were increasingly enacted in the deep oscillation between hedonism and puritanism.

TUCKE DES OBJEKTS, DIE: Literally "the malice of things," the sneaking dread that machines are biding their time until they can turn on us and take over the world.

The wrong sort of people are always in power because they would not be in power if they were not the wrong sort of people.

fascism, properly understood, is not a phenomenon of the right at all. Instead, it is, and always has been, a phenomenon of the left. This fact—an inconvenient truth if there ever was one—is obscured in our time by the equally mistaken belief that fascism and communism are opposites. In reality, they are closely related, historical competitors for the same constituents, seeking to dominate and control the same social space.

That internal beast is human nature. It cannot be killed; it can only be tamed. And even then, constant vigilance is required.

The village may have replaced "the state," and it in turn may have replaced the fist with the hug, but an unwanted embrace from which you cannot escape is just a nicer form of tyranny.

Because there is something about tyranny, monarchy, and authoritarianism that "works," by which I mean there is something in our wiring that finds such systems natural.

Diplomacy is only important when the other party has the upper hand.

They shift the blame rather than taking the responsibility for their wrongs. Those under witchcraft's control think they never do anything wrong. When caught they say there is nothing for which to repent. They tell you directly, "I haven't done anything wrong" or "I did what I thought was right. I don't have anything to feel sorry about." They never manifest any true repentance or humility.

A person that is humble of heart doesn't care about being the center of attention. They are interested in pleasing God rather than taking front stage. The spirit of witchcraft, in contrast, likes abnormal attention, but most importantly, attention behind the scenes. People operating in witchcraft don't want to share your attention with others but want to keep you totally for themselves.

Witchcraft operates best in a whirlwind that gets everyone on edge, stirred up and at each other's throats. [...] People operating in witchcraft are masters at pitting people against one another in order to separate and isolate them.

Witchcraft controllers spend abnormal amounts of time with their victims: The girl that consumes all her friend's spare time. The boy that smothers his girlfriend with inordinate attention. Witchcraft will go out of the way to control and waste your time. It's not a natural thing it's a spiritual thing. Scripture says "Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbor's house lest he be weary of thee and so hate thee" (Proverbs 25:17).

If your emotions can be hooked, then they can gain a soul tie with you. If they can form a soul tie with you then they can control you. All abnormal soul ties need to be broken by the power of the Name of Jesus.

Nor was anyone empowered to both enforce Hillary's will and tell her when she was wrong without fear of reprisal.

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When avoidance becomes pervasive, it is known as phobia. Phobias develop in different ways. A phobic reaction is one in which a person feels his environment has let him down. As essential component is a perceived loss of control.

Anxiety does not exist to control you. You exist to control it.

it is okay to have anxiety. What is not okay is to let your anxiety control you.

The more you understand about anxiety, the more you will be able to control it. Remember, social anxiety is not some abstract phenomenon or indelible personality trait. It is an explainable dynamic that you can choose to control.

Why do we love the idea that people might be secretly working together to control and organise the world? Because we don't like to face the fact that our world runs on a combination of chaos, incompetence and confusion.

Real love is always chaotic. You lose control; you lose perspective. You lose the ability to protect yourself. The greater the love, the greater the chaos. It's a given and that's the secret.