Quotes About Self-mastery

Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.

If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little.

Self-control was overrated.

You are not controlling the storm, and you are not lost in it. You are the storm.

The moment you stop seeking pleasure in worldly things and become a true master of yourself, you will experience the essential reality of the Self. Then you will no longer have to seek God. God himself will come to you. This is the Divine law.

Now is the time to take back your energy, your power, and your peace.

A true spiritual seeker should exercise control all the time, throughout the day and night.

Brilliant, inspiring . . . if you are on a pursuit of self-mastery, make time to read this!

Il n'y qu'un seul point sur lequel je me sens supérieur au commun des hommes : je suis tout ensemble plus libre et plus soumis qu'ils n'osent l'être.

There is, inside all our heads, the ego's rabid attack dog. It is purely vicious toward others and toward ourselves as well. Learning to control that dog, and ultimately to end its life, is the process and purpose of enlightened relationships.

While it's time to master your money, don't wait to master yourself. The fastest way to feel connection, a sense of how significant your life is, a deep sense of certainty and variety, and put yourself in a state where you can give to others, is to find a way each day to appreciate more and expect less. The wealthiest person on earth is one who appreciates.

every day, stand guard at the door of your mind, and you alone decide what thoughts and beliefs you let into your life. For they will shape whether you feel rich or poor, cursed or blessed.

But of Reason this too does evidently partake, as we have said: for instance, in the man of self-control it obeys Reason: and perhaps in the man of perfected self-mastery, or the brave man, it is yet more obedient; in them it agrees entirely with the Reason.

desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self

Again, men of the melancholic temperament constantly need some remedial process (because the body, from its temperament, is constantly being worried), and they are in a chronic state of violent desire. But Pleasure drives out Pain; not only such Pleasure as is directly contrary to Pain but even any Pleasure provided it be strong: and this is how men come to be utterly destitute of Self-Mastery, i.e. low and bad.

Again he urged that that is most choiceworthy which we choose, not by reason of, or with a view to, anything further; and that Pleasure is confessedly of this kind because no one ever goes on to ask to what purpose he is pleased, feeling that Pleasure is in itself choiceworthy. Again, that when added to any other good it makes it more choiceworthy; as, for instance, to actions of justice, or perfected self-mastery; and good can only be increased by itself.

THE POWER OF detaching his mind at will.

Bezetenheid is het beste te genezen door het zelf te bezitten.

To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.

The most powerful man in nothing without self-control and mental discipline.

Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain.

Mastering my mind one thought at a time.

In this worldly life, one is possessed by the three ghosts of the mind, speech and the body.

My strengths propel me and my weaknesses pursue me.