Sydney J. Harris Quotes

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.

I don't want to go on stage with anger. And that's why I worked so hard to look within and change myself and evolve.

A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.

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.

When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it's a good indication of what you're made of.

I have a mean streak and I am capable of cruelty. This does not mean that I am necessarily mean and cruel; instead, it means that I have to be vigilant about my capacity for cruelty and the mean bone in my body.

On those days when you don't want to get up, I think, I'm going to get through my entire practice without saying how tired I am or I try not to complain just because I was in a bad mood when I woke up. Even if it's not perfect and I slip up, I can catch myself and make myself of aware of where my mental space is at and move on.

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

He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

I was mad until I was about 25. Completely out of control with my emotions. Everything that happened to me was a tragedy. I've been much happier over 25.

We are becoming able to see the pursuit of external power for what it is and the futility of trying to escape the pain of powerlessness by changing the world. When we look inward, not outward, we can dismantle the parts of our personalities that have controlled us for so long - such as anger, jealousy, vindictiveness, superiority, inferiority.

I think I'm basically the same guy I always was. Maybe I've learned, through experience, to rein in some of the anger and temper they say redheads normally have.

My number one thing to work on is not being reactive - but appropriateness doesn't come easily to me sometimes.

I'm too mature to be angry.

You have to control your anger - you can't be a baby when you lose.

Now I've come to a place where I believe that anger doesn't really make me a better actor.

I know I've had an attitude that can explode, but I'm trying my best to not step out of bounds.

Fighting helped me learn that I can't let my emotions take over.

I've got a lot better at dropping emotions if something goes wrong, or right.

That aggression came over time from dealing with stuff - 'Anger Management' really is what it's called. That project came out and I felt a weight lifted off my chest. I learned something about myself.

As a girl my temper often got out of bounds. But one day when I became angry at a friend over some trivial matter, my mother said to me, Elizabeth, anyone who angers you conquers you.

the important consideration is not your opponents, but yourself. It is bad to scream at them, not because it hurts them, they ought to be hurt, but because it hurts you. Anger is a form of recognition. It amounts to admitting that those people are important to you and that they have the power to hurt you. Actually, they haven't.

I used to fly off the handle in everyday life, but I'm a little calmer now.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

I think I have a very nice demeanor, but at the same time, when pushed, I will freak out. I have a backbone, but I don't feel like I'm terrible about it.