Emotional Control Quotes

“When someone critises or disagrees with you, a small ant of hatred and antagonism is born in your heart. If you do not squash that ant at once, it might grow into a snake, or even a dragon.”

“How others treat me is their path; how I react is mine.”

“Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.”

“How easy it is to repel and release every impression which is troublesome and immediately to be tranquil.”

“It is not the actions of others which trouble us (for those actions are controlled by their governing part), but rather it is our own judgments. Therefore remove those judgments and resolve to let go of your anger, and it will already be gone. How do you let go? By realizing that such actions are not shameful to you.”

“You need to be prepared for firm decisions and action, without losing gentleness towards those who obstruct or abuse you. It's as great a weakness to be angry with them as it is to abandon your plan of action and give up through fear.”

“From Apollonius I learned freedom of will and undeviating steadiness of purpose; and to look to nothing else, not even for a moment, except to reason; and to be always the same, in sharp pains, on the occasion of the loss of a child, and in long illness.”

“The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill-temper.”

“To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.”

“When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.”

“It is not right to vex ourselves at things, for they care not about it.”

“Now I don't get upset by unpleasant things, I don't play the victim, and I'm always ready to come to terms with life.”

“I try never to get too high when things are going well. I try never to get too low when things are going poorly. I try to keep an even keel.”

“One can overcome the forces of negative emotions, like anger and hatred, by cultivating their counter-forces, like love and compassion.”

“We cannot overcome anger and hatred simply by suppressing them. We need to actively cultivate the antidotes: patience and tolerance.”

“Fear is a normal human emotion. It is not in itself a killer. We can learn to be aware when fear grips us, and can train to operate through and in spite of our fear. If, on the other hand, we don't understand that fear is normal and has to be controlled and overcome, it will paralyze us and stop us in our tracks. We will no longer think clearly or analyze rationally. We prepare for it and control it; we never let it control us. It if does, we cannot lead.”

“Get mad, then get over it.”

“Be too big for worry and too noble for anger.”