“ The senses naturally experience attachment and aversion to the sense objects but do not be controlled by them, for they are one's enemies ”
Source: Bhagavad Gita 3:34
Categories: Wisdom Enemy Control Bhagavad gita
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Undoubtedly the mind is fickle and unruly; but by yoga practice and by dispassion, the mind may nevertheless be controlled. 
Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies. 
For those who have conquered the mind, the mind is their friend. For those who have failed to do so, the mind acts like an enemy. 
Free from expectations and the sense of ownership, with mind and intellect fully controlled, they incur no sin, even though performing actions by one's body. 
As the ignorant perform actions with attachment and hope of reward, so the wise should act with dispassionate nonattachment, to serve gladly as a guide for the multitudes. 