Use, do not abuse… neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.
VoltaireDo not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheLiterature, not scripture, sustains the mind and – since there is no other metaphor – also the soul.
Christopher Hitchens‚Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.
William ShakespeareA well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaThe 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.
Andrew CarnegieWe praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.
AristotleEvery normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. MenckenCircumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
Benjamin DisraeliThe mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.
Franz KafkaOnce conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and faculties of the soul. She becomes all outer show and inward emptiness; dull, callous, and indifferent.
Virginia WoolfWe never repent of having eaten too little.
Thomas JeffersonOh, hour of forgiven sin, moment of perfect pardon, our soul shall never forget you while, within you, life and being find immortality!
Charles SpurgeonTo have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion.
George EliotIt is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man’s self.
Francis BaconI’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.
Beyonce KnowlesMortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour’s buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder.
George EliotI never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.
George Bernard ShawOne ought to hold on to one’s heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.
Friedrich NietzscheIt is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.
Blaise PascalI need scarcely observe that a poem deserves its title only inasmuch as it excites, by elevating the soul. The value of the poem is in the ratio of this elevating excitement.
Edgar Allan PoeThe power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.
Winston ChurchillEvery day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you’re doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you.
Joel OsteenAnybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.
AristotleI am no longer sure of anything. If I satiate my desires, I sin but I deliver myself from them; if I refuse to satisfy them, they infect the whole soul.
Jean-Paul SartreThe 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.
Amelia EarhartYou cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.
Wayne DyerThere’s a part of you – the born-again part, your spirit – that’s dead to sin. That’s why it bothers you now when you sin. The ‚wilderness‘ part of you – your soul – is your unrenewed mind, out-of-control emotions, and stubborn will.
Joyce MeyerIn each soul, God loves and partly saves the whole world which that soul sums up in an incommunicable and particular way.
Pierre Teilhard de ChardinI have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.
Maya AngelouI suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I’ve done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?
Douglas MacArthurPart of me suspects that I’m a loser, and the other part of me thinks I’m God Almighty.
John LennonHe that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin.
John RuskinSatan is the master distracter. He is always working to keep us off track in our walk with God.
Joyce MeyerTo live happily is an inward power of the soul.
Marcus AureliusTo enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.
Virginia WoolfWhen angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
Mark TwainDreams are the guiding words of the soul. Why should I henceforth not love my dreams and not make their riddling images into objects of my daily consideration?
Carl JungThinking: the talking of the soul with itself.
PlatoMaybe stories are just data with a soul.
Brene BrownMoney is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.
Henry David ThoreauPhilosophically considered, the universe is composed of Nature and the Soul. Strictly speaking, therefore, all that is separate from us, all which Philosophy distinguishes as the ‚Not Me,‘ that is, both nature and art, all other men and my own body, must be ranked under this name, ‚Nature.‘
Ralph Waldo EmersonAs a human being, anger is a part of our mind. Irritation also part of our mind. But you can do – anger come, go. Never keep in your sort of – your inner world, then create a lot of suspicion, a lot of distrust, a lot of negative things, more worry.
Dalai LamaNothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.
Oscar WildeCherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
Napoleon HillBut Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making poor.
Alexander PopeThere is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
Joseph AddisonHolding 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.
BuddhaAnger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
Mahatma GandhiEngage your brain before you engage your weapon.
Jim MattisOne may have a blazing hearth in one’s soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way.
Vincent Van GoghIt is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.
John RuskinHe who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.
Lao TzuWho ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
Francis BaconJesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWithin the soul of America is freedom of mind and spirit in man. Here alone are the open windows through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit. Here alone is human dignity not a dream but an accomplishment. Perhaps it is not perfect, but it is more full in realization here than any other place in the world.
Herbert HooverAnd what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.
PlatoIn 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.
Alexander HamiltonSpiritual worldliness kills! It kills the soul! It kills the Church!
Pope FrancisWhen angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.
Thomas Jefferson