KAṬHA UPANISHAD · 1.3.5
यस्त्वविज्ञानवान्भवत्ययुक्तेन मनसा सदा ।
तस्येन्द्रियाण्यवश्यानि दुष्टाश्वा इव सारथेः ॥ ५॥
yastvavijñānavānbhavatyayuktena manasā sadā ।
tasyendriyāṇyavaśyāni duṣṭāśvā iva sāratheḥ ॥ 5॥
Now he that is without knowledge with his mind ever unapplied, his senses are to him as wild horses and will not obey the driver of the chariot.
Sri Aurobindo · CWSA 18, p. 114