Echoes

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

The best fighter is never angry.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

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.

Hatred and anger are the greatest poison to the happiness of a good mind.

The sad truth of the matter is that most evil is done by people who never made up their minds to be or do either evil or good.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

When you understand the roots of anger in yourself and in the other, your mind will enjoy true peace, joy and lightness

In the words of the ancients, one should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths. It is a matter of being determined and having the spirit to break right through to the other side.

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Resentment and complaint are appropriate neither for oneself or others.

No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.

Those who are slaves to their appetites cannot preserve their reason, their memory, or their senses in their full vigour; for a full belly does not produce a fine mind.

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself?

The man of perfect virtue is cautious and slow in his speech. When a man feels the difficulty of doing, can he be other than cautious and slow in speaking?

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things.

If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.

To see what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing.

I felt before I thought: this is the common lot of humanity.