When we are angry we are blind to reality. Anger may bring us a temporary burst of energy, but that energy is blind and it blocks the part of our brain that distinguishes right from wrong. To deal with our problems, we need to be practical and realistic. If we are to be realistic, we need to use our human intelligence properly, which means we need a calm mind.
- Dalai Lama
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
- St. Augustine
We cannot, in a moment, get rid of habits of a lifetime.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.
- Albert Camus
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
- Reinhold Niebuhr
A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.
- Desiderius Erasmus
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
- Carl Jung
Surround yourself only with people who are going to lift you higher. Life is already filled with those who want to bring you down.
- Oprah Winfrey
Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.
- Aldous Huxley
What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.
- C. S. Lewis
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
