Defeating A Vice

Ὅταν δὲ πάλιν ὑπὸ θυμοῦ καὶ τῆς ὀξυχολίας ταράττῃ, συμπάθειαν ἀναλαβοῦ, καὶ δούλωσον πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς, καὶ εἰ δυνατὸν, νίπτε τοὺς πόδας αὐτῶν συνεχῶς ἐν ταπεινοφρονήματι, καὶ συγχωρησιν ζήτει παρὰ παντὸς ἀνθρώπου, καὶ τοὺς ἀσθενοῦντας συνεχῶς ἐπισκέπτου, τήν τε γλῶσσαν κίνει πρὸς ψαλμῳδίαν, καὶ τάχιστα τοῦ πάθους ἀπαλλαγήσῃ. Άγιος Ιωάννης ο Δαμασκηνός, Των Ὀκτώ Τῆς Πονηρίας Πνευμάτων Migne PG 95 81

When passion and anger again trouble you, take up meekness and be at the service of your brothers, and if possible, in all humility give yourself to the frequent washing of feet, and seek how you may be of use to every man, and be a continual carer of the sick, and give your tongue to the Psalms, and in a brief time you shall be delivered from the vice. Saint John of Damascus, from On The Eight Wicked Spirits