Hamza Yusuf Quotes

Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one's ability to persuade.

At the end of the day you have to keep emotions away.

We believe it is bad or dangerous to be carried away by our emotions. We admire the person who is cool, who acts without feeling.

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

Anger does not solve problems - anger only makes things worse. I go by the old saying, 'Don't make important decisions when you're angry.'

When a man is a prey to his emotions, he is not his own master, but lies at the mercy of fortune: so much so, that he is often compelled, while seeing that which is better for him, to follow that which is worse.

I've got to control my emotions. When I fight out of emotions, it doesn't end up so well.

I'm not an emotional fighter.

I am quite a calm player. I do have a go at players and refs in the heat of the moment, but I never throw my toys out of the pram.

Sometimes, people say, 'You need to fight smart.' After a fight gets started I don't know what happens with me. I feel crazy. A lot of times my coach says, 'Calm down. Calm.'

Arguments cannot be answered with insults. . . . Kindness is strength. . . . Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, every one should be serene, slow-pulsed, and calm.

Emotions are the curse of logic.

Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.

If you don't control your emotions, your emotions will control your acts, and that's not good.

We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for a madman is not cured by another running mad also.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

It's better to get smart than to get mad. I try not to get so insulted that I will not take advantage of an opportunity to persuade people to change their minds.

He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose.

Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate.

If I become defensive and upset right away, then that's going to adversely affect how I deal with it and it's probably not going to be good press for me and probably be bad just because I'm angry. Just be open and pleasant.

Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you're crazy.

I'm a calm person who wants to talk about things and think things through.

I was raised that way: don't get mad, get smart.

I feel like you get more bees with honey. But that doesn't mean I don't get frustrated in my life. My way of dealing with frustration is to shut down and to think and speak logically.

It's difficult for me to really temper my personality, but I am trying to be a little more sensible about it. If I really lose my temper, I go to my room and scream and shout, but I try not to lose it on people any more. I've never said something mean just like that. I've only said things in retaliation.