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George Eliot

"The desire to conquer is itself a sort of subjection."

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Amber Hurdle

"Meanness is a monster that usurps your self-control because you cowardly allow it to conquer you."

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"You will find there are times you must grasp your life with both hands and forcefully steer it in a new direction and then strain to hold your course until the storms of fear, weakness, and doubt abate."

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"Ambalal Muljibhai' (Dada's relative self) is under the control of worldly interactions, and 'we' (The Gnani Purush) are in the control of nischaya (realm of the Self). Worldly interaction should not be scorned at, at all."

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Amber Hurdle

"One is called a saiyami [those with inner control] when no intent of transgression remains within him. Even during anger-pride-deceit-greed when there is no violent intent, that is called saiyam. A saiyami will go to moksha."

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Amber Hurdle

"The rule is that when one's mind is controlled in a specific subject, he can control the other person's mind in that subject."

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Amber Hurdle

"If I choose to take the pen from God and write the story of my life without Him, I better have plenty of erasers and a whole lot of white-out. Better yet, I should invest in a good shredder."

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Amber Hurdle

"It is possible to be a puppet on a string, controlled by hidden forces."

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Amber Hurdle

"A salary is, to a man's employer, what his wife's vagina is to his wife: a tool used to (1) reward; and (2) control him."

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"It is sad, people what to control others. But they have not learned to know their soul."

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Amber Hurdle

"Control is not humble, control is arrogant."

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