“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum....”
“You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway.”
“My life didn t please me, so I created my life.”
“All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.”
“Chaos is what we ve lost touch with. This is why it is given a bad name. It is feared by the dominant archetype of our world, which is Ego, which clenches because its existence is defined in terms of control.”
“Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.”
“And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. Who controls the past ran the Party slogan, controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.”
“If you re in bad mood, take a deep breath. If you re in good mood, give thanks to God.”
“Whats the difference between a king and his horse?I dont mean some kiddy shit like one has 4 legs and the other has 2, or ones a person and ones an animal. If their form, ability, and power is exactly the same, then why is it one becomes the king and controls the battle and the other one becomes the horse and carries the king? There s only one answer...INSTINCT!!!”
“Do you know we are being led to Slaughters by placid admirals & that fat slow generals are getting Obscene on young blood Do you know we are ruled by t.v. ”
“Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.”
“There are some things I can t control, & that s just the way it is.”
“You’ll tell yourself anything you have to, to pretend that you’re still the one in control.”
“But love is much like a dam: if you allow a tiny crack to form through which only a trickle of water can pass, that trickle will quickly bring down the whole structure, and soon no one will be able to control the force of the current. For when those walls come down, then love takes over, and it no longer matters what is possible or impossible; it doesn t even matter whether we can keep the loved one at our side. To love is to lose control.”
“I don t bash you with my fists, I bash you with my emotions, to keep you under control.”
“Probably the wisest words that were ever uttered to me. Came from a therapist. I was sitting in her office, crying my eyes out. . . and she said, So let me get this straight. You base your personal happiness on things entirely out of your control.”
“There are moments in life when it is all turned inside out--what is real becomes unreal, what is unreal becomes tangible, and all your levelheaded efforts to keep a tight ontological control are rendered silly and indulgent.”