Illusion Of Control Quotes

• A menudo, una persona encuentra su destino en el camino que tomó para evitarlo.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Destino, viaje, suerte

  "Las Fábulas de La Fontaine: Libro VIII". Libro de Jean de La Fontaine, 1678 - 1679.

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• If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.

  Byron Katie

  Real, Doe, Stories

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• Cuando te rindes y sueltas la ilusión de control, empiezas a caer libremente hacia tu destino de una gran reunión con tu yo original; un yo incorrupto por las falsas lecciones de miedo y control del mundo.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Caída, Destino, Yo

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• Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.

  Jack Kornfield

  Meditation, Surrender, Illusion

  Twitter post from Jan 26, 2015

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• Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control. We can love and care for others but we cannot possess our children, lovers, family, or friends. We can assist them, pray for them, and wish them well, yet in the end their happiness and suffering depend on their thoughts and actions, not on our wishes.

  Jack Kornfield

  Children, Suffering, Wish

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• Muchos de nosotros confiamos en nuestra propia ilusión de control. Pero cuando Dios te hace saber que no eres tú quien dirige el barco, da gracias. Te ha quitado la ilusión y te ha obligado a confiar sólo en Él.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Being Thankful, Ships, Steering

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• We like to look for patterns and find connections in unrelated events. This way we can explain them to ourselves. Life seems neater, or at least less messy. We need to feel we are in control: it is integral to our self-esteem. We also know, though we deny it, that we are not in control. So we settle for the illusions of control. What if we stopped fooling ourselves?

  Jessica Zafra

  Self Esteem, What If, Patterns

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• If you hold on to the handle, it's easier to maintain the illusion of control. But it's more fun if you just let the wind carry you.

  Brian Andreas

  Fun, Wind, Easier

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• Radical acceptance rests on letting go of the illusion of control and a willingness to notice and accept things as they are right now, without judging.

  Marsha M. Linehan

  Letting Go, Acceptance, Judging

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• La edad adulta trae consigo una perniciosa ilusión de control.

  Juan Gabriel

  Illusion, Pernicious, Adulthood

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• Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it's just an illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff into it.

  David Sedaris

  Writing, Giving, People

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• The two of you are getting downright chatty, aren't you, Ms. Lane? When did you last see him? what else did he tell you? I'm asking the questions tonight. If an illusion of control comforts you, Ms. Lane, by all means, cling to it.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Mean, Two, Comfort

  Karen Marie Moning (2007). “Bloodfever: Fever Series”, p.90, Delacorte Press

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• Deep breaths. I am taking deep breaths. Composure. Which, for me, means composing... Maybe this is my way of creating the illusion of control over something I have no control over. Like, if it's just a story I'm telling or a song I'm singing, then I'll be okay because I'm the guy who's providing the words.

  David Levithan

  Song, Mean, Creating

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2007). “Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist”, p.133, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• If people knew what made hits they'd make more of them, so to have the illusion of control over one's career isn't something I can even pretend to have.

  Diane Lane

  Careers, People, Made

  "Diane Lane, star of Secretariat: 'I do love horses. They are such an expression of joy'". www.mirror.co.uk. December 03, 2010.

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