How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.

Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.

I think it is the height of ignorance to believe that the sexual act is an independent function necessary like sleeping or eating. Seeing, therefore, that I did not desire more children, I began to strive after self-control. There was endless difficulty in the task.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

I never smoke to excess – that is, I smoke in moderation, only one cigar at a time.

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

I don’t think I get that upset over things.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

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

No person is important enough to make me angry.

Sometimes I lose my temper.

Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.

I’m a people pleaser. I hold a lot of things in. I’m always making sure everybody is okay. I usually don’t rage; I usually don’t curse.

People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.

We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Use, do not abuse… neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people’s lives.

He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin.

Don’t get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.

I hold a lot of things in. I’m always making sure everybody is okay. I usually don’t rage; I usually don’t curse. So for me, it’s a great thing to be able to scream and say whatever I want.

When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

You don’t have to give way to careless speech or complaining. You don’t have to let your feelings get in the way of what God wants to do in your life.

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

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

He who angers you conquers you.

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it’s a good indication of what you’re made of.

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.

I don’t ever make moves under pressure.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

We never repent of having eaten too little.

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana.

Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.

It’s easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

But if I have a lot of imagination, I could tell myself whatever I wanted, you know. I handle myself quite well. I’m kind of fascist with myself, you know. There’s no discussion. There is an order. You follow it.

I’ve stopped drinking, but only while I’m asleep.

Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.

You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

There’s nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.

I’m gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we’re not being controlled, we’ll just do what we want.

Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.

It is hard to contend against one’s heart’s desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul.

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.