top of page
"Mastery of impulse is achieved through taking pauses during life's contrasting situations. Mastery of impulse is about developing strong willpower that can be used to redirect the flow of energy in any situation. Mastery of impulse is about responding to the world with a sense of reason and peace."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Self-Control quotes

"Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests."

"Start to exercise a firm control over what influences your experiences before situations control you."

"Do your emotions influence You or are You influenced by your emotions?"

"It is much easier to concentrate the mind on external things, than to concentrate on the mind itself. For example, a Neuroscientist can be the smartest man (or woman) on earth in his understanding of the human mind. He may know all the neurochemical changes underlying an outrageous behavior of a person. But when he gets mad himself, very little of his own scientific intellect would actually come in handy for him to control his rage. The virtue of self-control is a skill, which requires practice, regardless of all the neurobiological expertise in the world."

"God in His perfect wisdom gave you power to control only one thing in the entire universe, and that is you."

"If I could mark clearly, convincingly and consistently what was good for me and also what was bad-if I could say yes and also no, as if it were the law-it would become my law."

"He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power."

"The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile."

"Discipline your sexuality for it has the proclivity to cause a productivity that can influence now and posterity."

"It is wise for people to learn how to control their emotions instead of allowing it to overwhelm them and making them behaves irrational."
Explore more quotes by Alaric Hutchinson

"How ironic it is then, to realize how many of we humans are masochists! That even when we are placed in paradise, the majority of us would, by choice, focus on everything outside the present moment and make ourselves suffer by thinking about Dis-Ease! Too many of us would dwell on a past that no longer exists while everything in the present moment is wonderful. What great paradoxes we as humans are capable of!"

"Master Teachers who genuinely embody an enlightened state of being never stop "doing the work. The ego is what assumes it knows enough, causing cessation of these daily practices, and therefore, Masters without attachment to ego are forever students of the Universe. The Masters attain an illuminated state of "Being as the outcome, yet it is the consistent "doing that promotes and maintains their enlightenment."

"Illusions can and do create PHYSICAL Dis-Ease within our bodies. So it's most important to master our thoughts, to become cognizant of what we are spending our precious mental energy on each moment of every day."

"With silence comes mindfulness, and thus we become better at choosing our words with kind intent before we express them."

"Un-attachment (as opposed to detachment) is the acceptance that each and every person is responsible for his or her own reality, and that our joy, peace, security, and sense of love is not dependent on any other person or situation. We are each responsible for our own emotional well being."

"Every day, I take steps to resolve all my karmic ties, live with intention, smile and laugh often, express my love, and act on what brings me fulfillment. Why wait until we have one foot in the grave to suddenly become spiritual, forgiving, and at peace with the world?"

"Living in the present moment is the recurring baptism of the soul, forever purifying every new day with a new you."

"Everyone is doing the best they can with what they know, and we are all here to learn and grow."
bottom of page