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You correctly quoted the principle of Buddha's philosophy of life as self-conquest.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is the explicit record of a man's physical self-conquest, literally step by step, which is in turn the measure of his inner toughening, adjustment and growth.

From Time Magazine Archive

And the direct experience of God is still available to any man capable of enough suffering, renunciation and self-conquest.

From Time Magazine Archive

Was that act of self-conquest a voluntary one, or--had the task been set you?

From Under a Charm, Vol. II. (of III) A Novel by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

This self-conquest was not accomplished, however, without a sacrifice of temper, for after a pause, he observed: “There is no accounting for a woman’s taste!”

From The Strollers by Fisher, Harrison