“A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.” ― Winston Churchill
You are as big as the things that make you angry.
Kevin Kelly • Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
Remind yourself, “What upsets this person is their opinion of what has happened. Another in the same circumstance, taking a different perspective, would react quite differently.”
Epictetus • The Manual: A Philosopher's Guide to Life
Keep this thought handy when you feel a fit of rage coming on—it isn’t manly to be enraged. Rather, gentleness and civility are more human, and therefore manlier. A real man doesn’t give way to anger and discontent, and such a person has strength, courage, and endurance—unlike the angry and complaining. The nearer a man comes to a calm mind, the cl
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