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Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as read more
Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as a handmaid at the back of reason, to come to the front when bidden. For once it begins to take control of the mind, it calls just, what it does cruelly.
When angry, count to four. When very angry, swear.
When angry, count to four. When very angry, swear.
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
How much more grevious are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. -Marcus Aurelius.
How much more grevious are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. -Marcus Aurelius.
When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is read more
When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.
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 the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed read more
Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.
Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.
Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.