“Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power. ”

“Self-control is like quietly walking through the trees and calmly trying to find your way out of the forest. Self-mastery is like being okay in the forest.”

“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but of power and of love and of calm and well balanced mind and discipline and self-control.”

“When Numa died, Rome by the twin disciplines of peace and war was as eminent for self-mastery as for military power.”

“Holding Amy against me, I realize the simple truth is that power isn't control at all - power is strength, and giving that strength to others.”

“Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control. Its presence is an indication of ripened experience, and of a more than ordinary knowledge of the laws and operations of thought.”