"As soon as man began considering himself the source of the highest meaning in the world and the measure of everything, the world began to lose its human dimension, and man began to lose control of it."

Control, Man, Meaning, Measure

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"As soon as man began considering himself the source of the highest meaning in the world and the measure of everything, the world began to lose its human dimension, and man began to lose control of it."

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"Control your thoughts to define your life."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Dreams come from the past, not from the future. Dreams shouldn't control you--you should control them."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

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

George Eliot, British Author

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"A man with a victim mentality attracts autocrats into his life who will decide how he should live."

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"All identification is for control and ownership."

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"If you fail to control your thought, your thought will never fail to control you! Master the art of controlling your thought better and your thought will control you better."

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

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"As soon as man began considering himself the source of the highest meaning in the world and the measure of everything, the world began to lose its human dimension, and man began to lose control of it."

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