Saint Augustine Quotes

The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance. The mind commands the hand to move, and it so easy that one hardly distinguishes the order from its execution. Yet mind is mind and hand is body. The mind orders the mind to will. The recipient of the order is itself, yet it does not perform it.

Control exists only when there is action of will, positively or negatively. Will is resistance. When the mind is learning, there is no resistance.

You either control your mind or it controls you.

You have two choices: to control your mind or to let your mind control you.

The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance.

Every human being has the ability to completely control his own mind.

If your mind dislike anything obey it

Your mind . . . can be your best friend or your worst enemy, but it's your choice to make.

The thing I want to know is, if you tell your brain not to do stuff... and it keeps doing it anyway, does that mean your mind has a mind of its own? And if it does, then who's in charge here, anyway?

He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can obey themselves.

He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures.

How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?

Anything that controls my state of mind I never really want to do because I always want to be under control. That might be part of me being a Virgo. I never want to do something that stops me from being in control of who I am and my actions.

I don't think I have discipline when it comes to anything.

Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.

But if I have a lot of imagination, I could tell myself whatever I wanted, you know. I handle myself quite well. I'm kind of fascist with myself, you know. There's no discussion. There is an order. You follow it.

I never forbid myself anything.

Those who can command themselves command others.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

No one is free who does not lord over himself.

When you try to bring about behavioral change by an effort of will, you actually do violence to yourself, and the chances are very good that you will not succeed. This is so universally true that you can actually make money from it.

The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey.

There's this idea that, 'All I have at the end of the day is my mind.' That's the only thing you can control. I believe that.

Sometimes my brain is saying, 'Go wild on food,' and I'll want to pig out, but I'll tell myself, 'No.' You either want to win or you don't.