Henry Fielding Quotes

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.

Keep your head on your shoulders - even when you think your head is on your shoulders, sometimes it isn't!

For self is the lord of self, self is the refuge of self; therefore curb thyself as the merchant curbs a good horse.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

I live in a kind of controlled awareness. I wouldn't call it fear, but it's an awareness. I know I have a responsibility to behave in a certain way. I'm able to do that.

My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.

How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

When we, through our educational culture, through the media, through the entertainment culture, give our children the impression that human beings cannot control their passions, we are telling them, in effect, that human beings cannot be trusted with freedom.

Physical nature lies at our feet shackled with a hundred chains. What of the control of human nature? Do not point to the triumphs of psychiatry, social services or the war against crime. Domination of human nature can only mean the domination of every man by himself.

You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

Freedom comes with a lot of responsibility. When you are by yourself, you have to develop a third eye.

Human passions, like the forces of nature, are eternal; it is not a matter of denying their existence, but of assessing them and understanding them. Like the forces of nature, they can be subjected to man's deliberate act of will and be made to work in harmony with reason.

Human nature is you get carried away, so we have to protect ourselves from ourselves.

If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life.

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

Self regulation is a myth.

What man's mind can create, man's character can control.

When a man is a prey to his emotions, he is not his own master, but lies at the mercy of fortune: so much so, that he is often compelled, while seeing that which is better for him, to follow that which is worse.

Heaven has given to every human being the power of controlling his passions, and if he neglects or loses it, the fault is his own, and he must be answerable for it.

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.

We need to hold ourselves accountable for the work we do and the choices we make.