“A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule. Anger is an uncontrollable feeling that betrays what you are when you are not yourself. Anger is that powerful internal force that blows out the light of reason. Know this to be the enemy: it is anger, born of desire.” KnowsMenSelfReasonFeelingsLightDesireForceBornPowerfulEnemyAngerBlowSuperiorsHeatInternalsBetraySelf ControlInferiorsUncontrollable Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I think that the desire to be cruel and to hurt (with words because any other way might be dangerous to ourself) is part of human nature. Parties are battles (most parties), a conversation is a duel (often). Everybody's trying to hurt first, to get in the dig that will make him or her feel superior, feel triumph.” ThinkingWayFeelsTryingFirstsHumansMightDesireHurtPartyDangerousHuman NatureBattleConversationSuperiorsTriumphUnkindness Book:The letters of Jean Rhys Source: The letters of Jean Rhys
“The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this.” MenDoeDesireSuperiorsStationsSuperior Man Book:The Chinese Classics: The life and works of Mencius Source: The Chinese Classics: The life and works of Mencius
“As one who knows many things, the humanist loves the world precisely because of its manifold nature and the opposing forces in itdo not frighten him. Nothing is further from him than the desire to resolve such conflictsand this is precisely the mark of the humanist spirit: not to evaluate contrasts as hostility but to seek human unity, that superior unity, for all that appears irreconcilable.” KnowsWorldHumansSpiritDesireForceMarkUnityToleranceSuperiorsResolveHumanistContrastHostilityEvaluateOpposingManifold Author:Stefan Zweig