A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule.

A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule.

Alas! they had been friends in youth;
But whispering tongues can poison truth,
And constancy lives in read more

Alas! they had been friends in youth;
But whispering tongues can poison truth,
And constancy lives in realms above;
And life is thorny, and youth is vain;
And to be wrothe with one we love
Doth work like madness in the brain.

Every time you get angry, you poison your own system. -Alfred Montapert.

Every time you get angry, you poison your own system. -Alfred Montapert.

I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. -Booker T. Washington.

I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. -Booker T. Washington.

Anger assists hands however weak.
[Lat., Quamlibet infirmas adjuvat ira manus.]

Anger assists hands however weak.
[Lat., Quamlibet infirmas adjuvat ira manus.]

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

Anger and humor are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. Anger empowers the poor to declare read more

Anger and humor are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. Anger empowers the poor to declare their uncompromising opposition to oppression, and humor prevents them from being consumed by their fury.

Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on read more

Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering read more

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm any hostility. -HW Longfellow.