I don’t think your ability to fight has anything to do with how big you are. It’s to do with how much anger is in you.

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.

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

It doesn’t take much to make me angry.

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

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

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

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

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

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

Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.

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

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.

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.

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.

It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.

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.

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.

Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn’t do to be run away with. We must keep the reins.

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

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

Only you can control your future.

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

God has equipped you to handle difficult things. In fact, He has already planted the seeds of discipline and self-control inside you. You just have to water those seeds with His Word to make them grow!

It’s so important to realize that every time you get upset, it drains your emotional energy. Losing your cool makes you tired. Getting angry a lot messes with your health.

My experience with power, you can maintain it, or you get it taken from you. You get you some newfound power and go crazy, and it get taken from you quick.

Always remember that your calmness under fire is your best defense in any argument or discussion.

Compassionate listening is to help the other side suffer less. If we realize that other people are the same people as we are, we are no longer angry at them.

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.

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

One ought to hold on to one’s heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.

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.

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

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.

Hatred is settled anger.

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

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

He who angers you conquers you.

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

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

I don’t really get nervous that much, or if I do, only I know. It’s all inside me. I am good at hiding everything.

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.

He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.

‚Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

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

Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know – and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.

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

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.

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

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

To me, it’s OK to have differences. But we don’t have to be mad about it. You know? And I think that’s where sometimes we get so passionate that we – you know, it turns into anger.

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

I know, to banish anger altogether from one’s breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God’s grace.

Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel.

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

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.