Quotes about Control

The kingdom of self is heavily defended territory.

When men and women get their hands on religion, one of the first things they often do is turn it into an instrument for controlling others, either putting or keeping them "in their place." The history of such religious manipulation and coercion is long and tedious. It is little wonder that people who have only known religion on such terms experience release or escape from it as freedom. The problem is that the freedom turns out to be short-lived.

He tells the sun, 'Don't shine,' and it doesn't; he pulls the blinds on the stars.

Money and machines anesthetize neediness. They put us in charge, in control. As long as the money holds out and the machines are in good repair, we don't need to pray.

I'm in charge of all this—I run this universe!

I will not try to run my own life or the lives of others; that is God's business.

All military regimes use security as the reason why they should remain in power. It's nothing original.

Remember this: debt is a form of bondage. It is a financial termite.

I am a very impatient director.

He who allows me to rule is in fact my master.

Peace comes in situations completely surrendered to the sovereign authority of Christ.

Oddly, the most freeing thing we can ever do is to abdicate the throne of our own miniature kingdoms.