It is with our passions as it is with fire and water

Irrigators lead the waters.

Fletchers bend the shafts.

Carpenters bend wood.

The virtuous control themselves.
Dhammapada

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With the conquest of my mind,

I have conquered the whole world.

Adi Granth, Japuji

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Fight with yourself;

why fight with external foes?
He who overcomes himself through himself
will obtain happiness...
Difficult to overcome is oneself;

but when that is overcome,

everything is conquered.
Uttaradhyayana Sutra

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If passion drives you,

let reason hold the reins.
Benjamin Franklin

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Love is often gentle,
desire always a rage.
Mignon McLaughlin

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It is with our passions as it is with fire and water;
they are good servants, but bad masters.
Roger L'Estrange,
Aesop's Fables

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