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

Men exist for the sake of one another.

Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,but do so with all your heart.

Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.

Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what’s left and live it properly. What doesn’t transmit light creates its own darkness.

Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.

The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.

Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.

Do what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, most people will continue doing the same things.

It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.

The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.

It is not the actions of others which trouble us but rather it is our own judgments.

Why can’t we control our anger? because we love perfection. make a little room for imperfection in our lives.

No person is important enough to make me angry.

Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

When you are unable to speak your mind clearly, you become angry.

The ego is your enemy, not your friend. It is the ego that gives you wounds and hurts you. It is the ego that makes you violent, angry, jealous, competitive. It is the ego that is continuously comparing and feeling miserable.

You have not seen power until you have witnessed a soft thing unleash fire from her eyes.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.