There Is A Time to Remain Quiet but Firm

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There Is A Time to Remain Quiet but FirmIn your efforts to get along with others, do not be a doormat or

everyone will want to run your life for you. If they cannot dominate

you, they get angry; and if you listen to them and do their bidding,

you become spineless. Then how are you to behave? When you find

resistance to your ideals, the best way is to just remain quiet but

firm. Say nothing. Do not get angry. Verbal punch after punch

you may get, but do not permit it to provoke you. Refuse to quarrel.

Eventually those persons will understand that you do not mean to anger

them, but at the same time you have your own good reasons for not

wanting to do what they request of you. When people lose their

tempers, get away from them until they are calmer. If you can get

together and talk out your problems, it is wonderful. Communication is

vital. But if anyone just wants to fight, go out again and take a

longer walk. Refuse to fight. No one can quarrel with you if

you noncooperate. Never supply more fuel to anyone's anger. The angry

person is satisfied only if he can make you angry too.I can

work with anyone, though I don't care to be with those who don't know

how to live in harmony. When someone has made up his mind to win a

point, let him have the victory - it is a hollow victory. Don't argue.

Great men seldom argue; they smile and say, " I don't think so, " but

they don't fight.- Journey to Self-Realization by Paramahansa Yogananda