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If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering read more
If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm any hostility. -HW Longfellow.
Anger is momentary madness, so control your passion or it will
control you.
[Lat., Ira furor brevis est: read more
Anger is momentary madness, so control your passion or it will
control you.
[Lat., Ira furor brevis est: animum rege: qui nisi paret
imperat.]
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
Anger is a noble infirmity; the generous failing of the just; the one degree that riseth above zeal, asserting the read more
Anger is a noble infirmity; the generous failing of the just; the one degree that riseth above zeal, asserting the prerogative of virtue.
They are borne along by the violence of their rage, and think it
is a waste of time to read more
They are borne along by the violence of their rage, and think it
is a waste of time to ask who are guilty.
[Lat., Trahit ipse furoris
Impetus, et visum est lenti quaesisse nocentum.]
Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -James Thurber.
Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -James Thurber.
Men are like steel: when they lose their temper, they lose their worth. -Chuck Norris.
Men are like steel: when they lose their temper, they lose their worth. -Chuck Norris.
Anger wishes that all mankind had only one neck; love, that it
had only one heart; grief, two tear-glands; read more
Anger wishes that all mankind had only one neck; love, that it
had only one heart; grief, two tear-glands; and pride, two bent
knees.