When anger or lust takes hold of a man reason departs from him.
 Rumi, Masnavi (1273). copy citation

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Author Rumi
Source Masnavi
Topic anger lust
Date 1273
Language English
Reference Masnavi, Book V
Note Translated by Edward Henry Whinfield
Weblink https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Masnavi_I_Ma'navi/Book_V

Context

“2 Mahmud then praises Ayaz for being a true man who can control both lust and anger. Those who are carried away by anger or lust, like the girl of whom an anecdote is told, do not deserve the name of men. When anger or lust takes hold of a man reason departs from him. Then comes an anecdote of a cowardly Sufi who boasted of his bravery, but had not courage enough even to slay a captive infidel. Verily, the "greater warfare," viz., that against one's own lusts and passions, demands as much courage as the "lesser warfare"” source