Laurence Sterne Quotes

You can survive with anger, but you can't live with it forever.

It would much conduce to the settlement of your hearts, to consider, That by fretting and discontent, you do yourselves more injury thart till the afsltilions you lie under could do; your own discontent is that which arms your troubles with a sting; it is you that make your burden heavy, by struggling under it. Could you but lie quiet under the hand of God, your condition would be much easier and sweeter than it is.

Never harbor grudges; they sour your stomach and do no harm to anyone else.

Making our goal anything other than peace is emotionally self-destructive.

Worry is to joy what a Hoover vacuum cleaner is to dirt: might as well attach your heart to a happiness-sucker and flip the switch.

When you take the problems of the world on your shoulders, your body doesn't feel good. It's just that simple. Leave the problems of the world to the individual problem-makers of the world, and you be the joy-seeker that you are.

The right way to deal with mental unhappiness must be within the mind too. On an emotional level, anger, fear and worry bring unhappiness. Scientists say they eat into our immune system. On the other hand, we are also equipped with a sense of affection and compassionate concern for the well-being of others.

The hours and days you spend being annoyed or frustrated are times when you deny yourself access to life's best possibilities. When you live in anger and resentment, you cut yourself off from life's goodness.

Melancholy is no bad thing.

Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.

I don't really have that much angst to get rid of.

Angry or not. It's a human emotion. But you can't walk around being angry all the time. What a dull person you'd have to be!

I know I can feel bad, when I get in a bad mood, and the world can look so sad, only you make me feel good.

Most people are unhappy; and they are unhappy because there is no love in their hearts.

Stress is the result of not listening to your heart. If you ignore it for too long, and surrender your power to someone else, your chest will explode with panic. I take plenty of time for me.

Happiness cannot come from hatred or anger. Nobody can say, 'Today I am happy because this morning I was angry.' On the contrary, people feel uneasy and sad and say, 'Today I am not very happy, because I lost my temper this morning.'

Let's never try to get even with our enemies, because if we do we will hurt ourselves far more than we hurt them. Let's do as General Eisenhower does: let's never waste a minute thinking about people we don't like.

A sleeping pill will never take the place of a clear conscience.

To be angry once in a while is really good fun, because it makes others so miserable. But to be angry morning, noon and night, as I am, grows monotonous and prevents my gaining any other pleasure in life.

Happiness is lost by criticizing it; sorrow by accepting it.

It takes more distress and poison to kill someone who has peace of mind and loves life.

Over-anxiety ultimately banishes every trace of joy from life.

I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.

A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.