--- title: "7 Seek Control Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Seek Control quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Seek Control sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/512/gabby-rivera-26456_universe-come_make-plans-train-your-body-follow-the-gu_791646.jpg" --- > [“Make plans. Train your body. Follow the guiding spirits. Be ready for anything, but never seek control. It's an illusion. You control…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabby-rivera/make-plans-train-your-body-follow-the-guiding-spirits-be-ready-for/) [Gabby Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabby-rivera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/512/gabby-rivera-26456_universe-come_make-plans-train-your-body-follow-the-gu_791646.jpg) > [“You make plans and decisions assuming randomness and chaos are for chumps. The illusion of control is a peculiar thing because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mcraney/you-make-plans-and-decisions-assuming-randomness-and-chaos-are-for/) [David McRaney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mcraney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afe/david-mcraney-10077_bigger-picture_you-make-plans-and-decisions-assuming-ra_1027427.jpg) > [“The more dysfunctional, the more some family members seek to control the behavior of others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-w-earle-lpc-love-is-not-enough/the-more-dysfunctional-the-more-some-family-members-seek-to-control/) [David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-w-earle-lpc-love-is-not-enough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99b/david-w-earle-lpc-love-is-not_change_the-more-dysfunctional-the-more-some-fam_1621722.jpg) > [The real truth that dare not speak itself, is that no one is in control, absolutely no one... Nobody is in control.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/the-real-truth-that-dare-not-speak-itself-is-that-no-one-is-in/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/terence-mckenna-287_aggravation_the-real-truth-that-dare-not-speak-itsel_2314339.jpg) > [Because we are afraid of life, we seek to control or master it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-lowen/because-we-are-afraid-of-life-we-seek-to-control-or-master-it/) [Alexander Lowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-lowen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/595/alexander-lowen-11650_afraid_because-we-are-afraid-of-life-we-seek-to_2618839.jpg) > [No highly evolved being would ever seek to control the thoughts of anyone, or cause anyone to think or act involuntarily. More…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neale-donald-walsch/no-highly-evolved-being-would-ever-seek-to-control-the-thoughts-of/) [Neale Donald Walsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neale-donald-walsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/700/neale-donald-walsch-239_accepting_no-highly-evolved-being-would-ever-seek_2702289.png) > [“When we react, we are not seeking to control a situation but merely to protect our existence within that situation. If, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-prentice/when-we-react-we-are-not-seeking-to-control-a-situation-but-merely-to/) [Steve Prentice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-prentice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16e/steve-prentice-42334_life_when-we-react-we-are-not-seeking-to-cont_2921282.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/seek-control/#itemlist", "name": "Seek Control Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Make plans. Train your body. Follow the guiding spirits. Be ready for anything, but never seek control. It's an illusion. You control nothing. At any point, the universe can come for you--with all its might and love and chaos.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gabby Rivera" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabby-rivera/make-plans-train-your-body-follow-the-guiding-spirits-be-ready-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/512/gabby-rivera-26456_universe-come_make-plans-train-your-body-follow-the-gu_791646.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/512/gabby-rivera-26456_universe-come_make-plans-train-your-body-follow-the-gu_791646.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/512/gabby-rivera-26456_universe-come_make-plans-train-your-body-follow-the-gu_791646.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Make plans. Train your body. Follow the guiding spirits. Be ready for anything, but never seek control. 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Power breeds certainty, and certainty has no clout against the unpredictable, whether you are playing poker or running a country. Psychologists point out these findings do not suggest you should throw up your hands and give up. Those who are not grounded in reality, oddly enough, often achieve a lot in life simply because they believe they can and try harder than others. If you focus too long on your lack of power, you can slip into a state of learned helplessness that will whirl you into a negative feedback loop of depression. Some control is necessary or else you give up altogether. Langer proved this when studying nursing homes where some patients were allowed to arrange their furniture and water plants—they lived longer than those who had had those tasks performed by others. Knowing about the illusion of control shouldn’t discourage you from attempting to carve a space for yourself out of whatever field you want to tackle. After all, doing nothing guarantees no results. But as you do so, remember most of the future is unforeseeable. Learn to coexist with chaos. Factor it into your plans. Accept that failure is always a possibility, even if you are one of the good guys; those who believe failure is not an option never plan for it. Some things are predictable and manageable, but the farther away in time an event occurs, the less power you have over it. The farther away from your body and the more people involved, the less agency you wield. Like a billion rolls of a trillion dice, the factors at play are too complex, too random to truly manage. You can no more predict the course of your life than you could the shape of a cloud. So seek to control the small things, the things that matter, and let them pile up into a heap of happiness. 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More along the lines of inspiration and invitation. As when one suddenly experiences an insight, or says, \"I've just had a great idea.\" They can accept it and act on it, or reject it out of hand. There's no \"control\" involved.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neale Donald Walsch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neale-donald-walsch/no-highly-evolved-being-would-ever-seek-to-control-the-thoughts-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/700/neale-donald-walsch-239_accepting_no-highly-evolved-being-would-ever-seek_2702289.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/700/neale-donald-walsch-239_accepting_no-highly-evolved-being-would-ever-seek_2702289.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/700/neale-donald-walsch-239_accepting_no-highly-evolved-being-would-ever-seek_2702289.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“No highly evolved being would ever seek to control the thoughts of anyone, or cause anyone to think or act…” — Neale Donald Walsch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When we react, we are not seeking to control a situation but merely to protect our existence within that situation. 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