Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is better.

Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.

The man who gets angry at the right things and with the right people, and in the right way and at the right time and for the right length of time, is commended.

The strong is not the one who is physically powerful, but indeed, the one who controls himself when angry.

The man who gives way to anger, or hatred, or any other passion, cannot work; he only breaks himself to pieces, and does nothing practical. It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.

The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.

Anger, as long as it is controlled anger, is no obstacle to efficiency. Self-control is one thing the sociopath does not usually possess. Use yours to his undoing.

A man who cannot control his temper is not very likely to control his passions, and no matter what his pretensions in religion, he moves in daily life very close to the animal plane.

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

It is a new road to happiness, if you have strength enough to castigate a little the various impulses that sway you in turn.

Whoever wishes to make progress in perfection should use particular diligence in not allowing himself to be led away by his passions, which destroy with one hand the spiritual edifice which is rising by the labors of the other. But to succeed well in this, resistance should be begun while the passions are yet weak; for after they are thoroughly rooted and grown up, there is scarcely any remedy.

The principal use of prudence, of self-control, is that it teaches us to be masters of our passions, and to so control and guide them that the evils which they cause are quite bearable, and that we even derive joy from them all.

Self-Control is the very essence of character. To be able to look a man straight in the eye, calmly and deliberately, without the slightest ruffle of temper under extreme provocation, gives a sense of power which nothing else can give. To feel that you are always, not sometimes, master of yourself, gives a dignity and strength to character, buttresses it, supports it on every side, as nothing else can. This is the culmination of thought mastery.

Emotional self-control is the result of hard work, not an inherent skill.

I've become a lot more tolerant; I think before I talk. I can take a lot now. I don't get as angry as I used to. Whenever I do, I channel my anger into my work.

I think the only time I show my emotions and anger is on the cricket field; otherwise, I've mellowed down. And with age, I think, with age you always end up mellowing down.

The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now.

He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.

The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.

He who angers you conquers you.

Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound.

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.