Malefactors becoming your master

"Any person capable of angering you becomes your master;
he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him."
- Epictetus (55-135 AD)

"Like a city that is broken into and without walls
Is a man who has no control over his spirit."
Proverbs 25:28

God, let me always be in control of my mind and body.
Give me that I may not become annoyed by others,
and let me not anger by those who would want or provoke.

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Two people in a heated argument about religion when Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke at Columbia University.  (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Boosmakers worden je meester

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When we love we do not need laws

If everyone would keep God's laws and would keep to love,
we would not to have civil laws who should remind us what we can and can not.
If we love God we know how we should live in harmony.
Where love has entered, there is no law necessary to focus.
- Marcus Ampe

We too often love things and use people
when we should be using things and loving people.
- Author Unknown

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
We must learn to live together as brothers, or perish together as fools.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

The first duty of love is to listen.
- Paul Tillich

“Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:”
Proverbs 3:3

“Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.”
Proverbs 10:12

“Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth [shall be to] them that devise good.”
Proverbs 14:22

God I am grateful for the love you give me
I ask You that I shall be able to give much love to others.

Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Wanneeer wij liefhebben is er geen nood aan wetten
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English: Dr. Martin Luther King giving his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington in Washington, D.C., on 28 August 1963. Español: Dr. Martin Luther King dando su discurso "Yo tengo un sueño" durante la Marcha sobre Washington por el trabajo y la libertad en Washington, D.C., 28 de agosto de 1963. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Please do also find:

1. יהוה , YHWH and Love: Four-letter words
2. Feeling-good, search for hapiness and the church
3. Breathing and growing with no heir
4. Loving the Word
5. Thirst for happiness and meaning
6. How shall the film of your life be?
7. Experiencing God 
8. What is Love 
9. Got an Empty Love-Tank 
10. Enduring Love 
11. Unconditional love 
12. The one who has not had a taste of love 
13. Unarmed truth and unconditional love
14. Love will cure more sins than condemnation
15. The Greatest of These is Love 1 Corinthians 13
16. Love and cultivate that which is pure 
17. More-Letter-Words
18. People don’t hunt out “loopholes” when they are seeking to love God and neighbours

 

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He who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger

"He who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger."
- Japanese Proverb

"A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger."
Proverbs 15:1

Lord give that I can always manage to control myself
and that I can calm down others by my friendliness.

Dutch version / Nederlands > Hij die glimlacht in plaats van te razen is altijd sterker
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2013 update:
 

"We do not smile because something good has happened; rather something good happens because we smile." -Japanese Proverb (Photo credit: deeplifequotes)

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He who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger

"He who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger."
- Japanese Proverb

"A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger."
Proverbs 15:1

Lord give that I can always manage to control myself
and that I can calm down others by my friendliness.

Dutch version / Nederlands > Hij die glimlacht in plaats van te razen is altijd sterker
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2013 update
 

"We do not smile because something good has happened; rather something good happens because we smile." -Japanese Proverb (Photo credit: deeplifequotes)

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