Dhammapada — Chapter 17: Kodhavagga
14 verses
Verse 1
Abandon anger, give up pride, overcome all fetters. Suffering does not befall one who clings not to mind-and-body and possesses nothing.
Verse 2
One who holds back arisen anger as one would a swerving chariot — that one I call a true charioteer. Others merely hold the reins.
Verse 3
Conquer anger with non-anger; conquer evil with good. Conquer the miser with generosity; conquer the liar with truth.
Verse 4
Speak the truth, do not give way to anger, give when asked even from the little you have — by these three things one may reach the presence of the go…
Verse 5
Those sages who are harmless and always restrained in body go to the deathless state, where having gone they grieve no more.