Paulo Coelho Quotes

When you remain angry with another person, you give away your emotional control to that person each time you think of him or here. You allow him or her to control your emotions at long distance. By not forgiving, you allow that person to run your emotional life, exactly as if he or she were right there with you and the situation was occurring all over again.

Anger or hatred is like a fisherman's hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it.

Did someone harm you in 1962.. let go of it! Control and ride the horses of anger.

When you make it a strong habit not to take anything personally, you avoid many upsets in your life. Your anger, jealousy, and envy will disappear, and even your sadness will simply disappear if you don't take things personally.

Our anger and annoyance are more detrimental to us than the things themselves which anger or annoy us.

It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either.

There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean, I've felt regret but I've also refused to allow regret to sow a seed and live in me because I don't believe it. You feel it, it's like guilt, it's like jealousy, it's like all those horrible things. You've just got to snip them and get them out, because they're no good.

So I'm not worried about the emotions I carry with me, because I'm happy that I have them; I think it's good for the work I do. The emotions that are not healthy are the ones you hold inside, like anger.

I still get mad. I still get upset. But I let it go more quickly.

I really can't hate more than 5 or 10 years. Wouldn't it be terrible to be always burdened with those primary emotions you had at one time?

I don't let myself get upset about the little nitpicky things anymore.

I believe anger is a wasted emotion, and I don't like to waste emotions.

As you get older, you see the world at a different angle, maybe more cynically, but I just bury my anger.

Anger can be a good thing. It's a mechanism that your brain uses to get you out of situations that are bad for you. But in terms of leading a peaceful life, it is not very productive.

No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful or greedy. Unless you let him.

I walked around for a while angry, in a bad mood. ... 'Woe is me.' I've gotten over that. It doesn't do any good.

Uncontrolled temper is soon dissipated on others. Resentment, bitterness, and self-pity build up inside our hearts and eat away at our spiritual lives like a slowly spreading cancer.

Even though sometimes you can control your anger, you can't control your sadness.

All jealousy must be strangled in its birth.

Resentment is just a way of letting someone else use your mind rent-free.

Anger is poison. You must purge it from your mind or else it will corrupt your better nature.

Anger and desire for revenge can be a great motivating force. It's either that or you allow it to affect your confidence and that can be crippling.

Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.

Bridget's anger evaporated and the sadness came back. The anger was easier. She owned and contolled it, whereas the sadness owned her.

Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loosen up and dissolve with forgiveness and letting go.