Here are some quotes on Anger:
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.-- BuddhaFor every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.-- Ralph Waldo Emerson.
To belittle is to be little.-- Unknown.
Never write a letter while you are angry.-- Chinese Proverb.
Be careful of the words you say,And keep them soft and sweet;For you never know from day to day,Which ones you'll have to eat.-- Unknown.
Just as war is more the absence of love than the presence of hate, and darkness is the absence of light, a negative attitude is the absence of a positive one.-- Unknown.
The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of inhumanity.-- George Bernard Shaw.
Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.-- Buddha.
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.-- Chinese Proverb.
The greatest remedy for anger is delay.-- Seneca.
Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than on anything on which it is poured.-- Seneca.
Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.-- Seneca.Anger begins with folly and ends with repentance.-- Pythagoras.
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.-- Buddha (Yes, it is worth repeating....)
1 comment:
It is human to be angry, but you do have to watch how you react because it does seem to hurt you more than the other person. I love the analogy of the quote with the hot coals, you are hurting yourself more than the other person.
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