Elie Wiesel Quotes

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

He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.

If you want to control other people, first control yourself.

No one is free who does not lord over himself.

Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.

It is more difficult to rule yourself than to rule a city.

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

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

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

I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

He that would govern others, first should be The master of himself.

The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.

Without discipline, there can be no freedom.

Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens to the which our wills are gardeners.

Your most important asset is the conscious control of your own life.

Behind real freedom, there lies discipline.

You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself.

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

The way to subject all things to thyself is to subject thyself to reason; thou shalt govern many, if reason govern thee. Wouldst thou be crowned the monarch of a little world? command thyself.

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

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.

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

Little hearts, little souls give little lusts big power. Big hearts give little lusts little power.

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.

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.