Buddhaghosaยท430 ADHolding 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.
Ralph Waldo Emersonยท1857ยทConcordFor every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
Socratesยท400 BCยทAthensThe secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.
Thucydidesยท431 BCยทAthens, GreeceHappiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
James Cookยท1770Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.
Marcus Aureliusยท180 ADHow easy it is to repel and to wipe away every impression which is troublesome or unsuitable, and immediately to be in all tranquility.
James Baldwinยท1962ยทNew York, United StatesNot everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
Lao Tzuยท600 BCBy letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try, the world is beyond the winning.
Shunryu Suzukiยท1970Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure.
ChanakyaDon't judge the future of a person based on his present conditions, because time has the power to change black coal to shiny diamond.
Lao Tzuยท500 BCยทHangu PassLife is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow.