“In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.”
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anger
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“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else you are the one who gets burned.”
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“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.”
“Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.”
“When anger rises, think of the consequences.”
“A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.”
“Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.”
“Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain.”
“Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.”
“Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.”
“Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.”
“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.”
“Anger cannot be dishonest.”
“There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.”
“For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.”
“In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.”
“Speak the truth, do not yield to anger give, if thou art asked for little by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.”
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
“When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.”
“There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.”
“Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.”
“I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.”
“The greatest remedy for anger is delay.”
“Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.”
“Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.”