"Freedom like charity, begins at home. No man is worthy to fight in the cause of freedom unless he has conquered his internal masters. He must learn control and discipline over the disastrous passions ..."
- Jack Whiteside Parsons
"I would have done anything for him. But these days, I don't want to do anything. I don't want to get drunk or go to a wild party or make out with random boys-not that I've ever wanted to. I don't want..."
- Marla Miniano
"Distinguish between real needs and artificial wants and control the latter."
- Mahatma Gandhi
"The fact that rape threats are a thing says a lot about how rape isn't a lapse in self-control but often a tool to punish & control others."
- Steph Guthrie
"All around the Mediterranean you'll find cultures that believe men can't control themselves and shouldn't have to try."
- Sheri S. Tepper
"[I]n other words, we should live with due knowledge of the course of things in the world. For whenever a man in any way loses self-control, or is struck down by a misfortune, grows angry, or loses hea..."
- Arthur Schopenhauer
"Be at peace with yourself, or you'll be at war with everyone."
- Raheel Farooq