He who holds back rising anger like a rolling chariot, him I call a real driver; other people are but holding the reins.
Yo ve uppatitaṁ kodhaṁ, rathaṁ bhantaṁva vāraye; Tamahaṁ sārathiṁ brūmi, rasmiggāho itaro jano.
Dhammapada 222
The same idea in other traditions
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.
Hold to forgiveness; command what is right; But turn away from the ignorant.
The Master said, "Specious words confound virtue. Want of forbearance in small matters confounds great plans."
See the brotherhood of all mankind as the highest order of Yogis; conquer your own mind, and conquer the world.
By conquering anger he obtains patience; he acquires no Karman productive of anger, and destroys the Karman he had acquired before.
Eat in proportion to thy hunger; how can he give praises who scarce can breathe by reason of his gluttony? He whose stomach is full is void of wisdom. The prey is entrapped in the snare because of its greed. …
(A man) should elevate his self by his self; he should not debase his self, for even (a man's) own self is his friend, (a man's) own self is also his enemy. To him who has subjugated his self by his self, his self is a friend; but to him who has not restrained his self, his own self behaves inimically, like an enemy.