{"quotes":[{"text":"I have a tendency to want to understand everything people say and everything I hear, both at work and outside, even at a distance, even if it’s one of the innumerable languages I don’t know, even if it’s in an indistinguishable murmur or imperceptible whisper, even if it would be better that I didn’t understand and what’s said is not intended for my ears or is said precisely so I won’t understand it.","author":"Javier Marías","tags":["controlling","curiosity","learning","nosiness"],"id":5615,"author_id":"Javier+Mar%C3%ADas"},{"text":"The purpose of religion is tocontrol yourself, not to criticiseothers.","author":"Dalai Lama XIV","tags":["controlling","criticism","religion"],"id":30460,"author_id":"Dalai+Lama+XIV"},{"text":"Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.","author":"Kahlil Gibran","tags":["anxiety","controlling","future","life"],"id":49938,"author_id":"Kahlil+Gibran"},{"text":"Control is the inner disease of those who need stability and order to function.","author":"Mary E. DeMuth","tags":["control","controlling","stability","structure"],"id":51654,"author_id":"Mary+E.+DeMuth"},{"text":"True love is built on free will and free choice, not control and manipulation.","author":"Ken Poirot","tags":["control","controlling","controlling-others","free-choice","free-will","free-will","love","love","love","manipulation","true-love"],"id":103248,"author_id":"Ken+Poirot"},{"text":"It’s not about describing someone as that’s typically an attempt to make whatever they are comfortable for whoever we are. Instead, we may wish to skip the agenda of the description and embrace the wonder of the person.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["agendas","bias","comfort","comfortable","connectivity","control","controlling","describing","description","engage","engaging","friend","friendship","manipulate","manipulating","people","relate","relational","relationship","relationships","social","wonder"],"id":137380,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"},{"text":"The definition of management is literally 'control,' but the definition of true leadership is love.","author":"Richie Norton","tags":["but","control","controlling","definition","entrepreneur","heart","help","is","leaadership","lead","leader","literally","love","manage","management","manager","norton","of","richie","richie-norton","richie-norton","richie-norton","self-help","serve","the","though-leader","true"],"id":147600,"author_id":"Richie+Norton"},{"text":"Just because something isn't a lie does not mean that it isn't deceptive. A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who speaks mere portions of truth in order to deceive is a craftsman of destruction.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["agenda","bad-influence","compulsive-liar","controlling","craftsman","deception","destruction","dishonest","influence","lies","manipulation","media","mislead","slander","speak","true"],"id":160209,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"We need to be able to control - erm, guide the masses that can't help control themselves.","author":"Brad McKinniss","tags":["controlling","humanity","mad-scientist","society"],"id":160459,"author_id":"Brad+McKinniss"},{"text":"Until one nation ceases its attempts to dominate another, there will never be true freedom. Until one religion relinquishes its quest to prove its god superior to that of another, there shall never be world peace. We will never truly prosper or experience lasting harmony, until we refrain from preaching the gospel of our own moral values and our personal preferences by forcing it upon others.","author":"Anthon St. Maarten","tags":["bigotry","coercion","controlling","diversity","extremism","freedom","harmony","morality","peace-on-earth","political-domination","politics","power","prejudice","prosperity","religious-freedom","religious-tolerance"],"id":196664,"author_id":"Anthon+St.+Maarten"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":28,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}