Passions require discipline,
you see.
A man who can govern his passions
becomes a master
of the world.
Therefore,
your goal must be to conquer them,
lest you be enslaved by them.
It is better to be the hammer
that strikes while his passions are hot
than the anvil that is relentlessly beaten,
struck by his passions,
into oblivion.
Be the hammer.
~lt
