I've never taken drugs. My drug, I suppose, is drink. I never drink before I sing, but I do make up for it when I come off!
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.
We are free when we are not the slave of our impulses, but rather their master. Taking inward distance, we thus become the authors of our own dramas rather than characters in them.
When you are angry, you make bad decisions in direct proportion to the level of your anger.
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.
Emotional self-control-- delaying gratification and stifling impulsiveness- underlies accomplishment of every sort
Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
I'm always in trouble.
I do love to gamble; I hate to admit it.
The Green Lanterns are very forward and very courageous, very forceful. The Red Lanterns are out of control, and they're not in their right mind because when we're angry or in rage, we say things and we do things we wouldn't normally do.
When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you haven't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively.
Time is your friend; impulse is your enemy.
If something takes too long, something happens to you. You become all and only the thing you want and nothing else, for you have paid too much for it, too much in wanting and too much in waiting and too much in getting.
I have a little obsessive-compulsive personality. You can tell because I played online games for eight hours a day.
Not to be provok'd is best: But if mov'd, never correct till the fume is spent; for every stroke our fury strikes, is sure to hit our selves at last.
Reason is the slave of passion.
During crazy times, I just hold back. People are so quick to jump on something or rip it apart.
There is perhaps no psychological skill more fundamental than resisting impulse.
I've gotten to a place where I'm better at curbing your ego, which usually happens when you're feeling super small and scared about whatever you're seeing, and you want to go read, 'Oh, I hear there's a really good article about me.' I've gotten better about knowing that's not going to end well, usually.
Reason without passion is sterile, but passion without reason is hysteria.
Waiting is a state of mind that says we want what we don't have. Therefore, with every kind of waiting we produce an inner conflict between now and the projected future. This greatly reduces the quality of our life. Are you a 'habitual waiter'?
Choosing what we think rather than reaction to our emotions.
If you cannot control your emotions, you cannot control your money.
Chimps act the way they feel unless they are afraid of reprisal if they do so. But that doesn't apply to humans.
