If you work with your mind, instead of trying to change everything on the outside, that's how your temper will cool down.
Pema ChodronOnly in an open, nonjudgmental space can we acknowledge what we are feeling. Only in an open space where we're not all caught up in our own version of reality can we see and hear and feel who others really are, which allows us to be with them and communicate with them properly.
Pema ChodronThe more we witness our emotional reactions and understand how they work, the easier it is to refrain.
Pema Chodron