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One thing you cannot control is nature.

You can only control what you can control.

The whole American experiment has been predicated on giving individuals as much control over their own lives as possible.

We have allowed ourselves to be defined by our consumption instead of by our ability to move beyond it.

You can't control people. You must understand them. You have to know where they're coming from, their beliefs and values, what turns them off, what they're against.

It must be possible to solve the task of controlling nature and yet simultaneously create a new freedom.

Governments don't control people like they used to.

That's the problem with the United States. It believes it can control everybody's behavior.

It's possible for people to gain control of every facet of your life.

With the world's human population now at seven billion and growing, and the demand for technology and modern conveniences increasing, we can't control all our negative impacts. But we have to find better ways to live within the limits nature and its cycles impose.