Uncontrollable

Oftener than not the

Oftener than not the old are uncontrollable; Their tempers make them difficult to deal with. Euripides

I am against censorship. I prefer the chaos of uncontrollable communication of all sorts to selective banning of certain materials. I do not think human beings can be trusted to be above politics and to promote the common good. One group’s common good is another group’s evil. Erica Jong

Once desire was turned

Once desire was turned on, combustion gave it a life of its own. Once it was turned on it became a raging wildfire, uncontrollable and uncontainable, the type of conflagration that had to be allowed to burn itself out. Eric Jerome Dickey

I am attracted to

I am attracted to characters who think they are in control, but their situation is uncontrollable. Eric Bana

To Epictetus, all external

To Epictetus, all external events are determined by fate, and are thus beyond our control, but we can accept whatever happens calmly and dispassionately. Individuals, however, are responsible for their own actions which they can examine and control through rigorous self-discipline. Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is … Read more

Suffering arises from trying

Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power. Epictetus

That single thought is

That single thought is enough. The impulse increases to a wish, the wish to a desire, the desire to an uncontrollable longing, and the longing (to the deep regret and mortification of the speaker, and in defiance of all consequences,) is indulged. Edgar Allan Poe

Many people would be

Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk. E. W. Howe

Our most serious obstacle

Our most serious obstacle is the uncontrollable urge to convert everything to the familiar, to reduce it all to the level of the primate brain; to reject the living, breathing reality of the totality of all possible attention. E. J. Gold

It sometimes happened that

It sometimes happened that you might be familiar with a man for several years thinking he was a wild animal, and you would regard him with contempt. And then suddenly a moment would arrive when some uncontrollable impulse would lay his soul bare, and you would behold in it such riches, such sensitivity and warmth, … Read more