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Result Navigation: [ 1 | 2 ] An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes. Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, everyone should be serene, slow-pulsed and calm. Anger is a state that starts with madness and ends with regret. Anger is like the fire extinguisher in a building -- it is to be used only in case of emergency. Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be. Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved. For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. He is a fool who cannot get angry, but he is a wise man who will not. Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned. Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost. I was angered, for I had no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet. I was angry with my friend I told my wrath my wrath did end; I was angry with my foe I told it not my wrath did grow. If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size? If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. In the beginning the Universe was created. This made a lot of people angry and was widely regarded as a bad move. Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend. Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. One of the sorriest spectacles imaginable is the anger of two people who have gotten into an argument over something that neither of them knows anything about. Patience strengthens the spirit, sweetens the temper, stifles anger, subdues pride, and bridles the tongue. Speak when you're angry and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret. Jump To: [ About Us | Links | Daily Quote | Recent Addition | Mail Webmaster | Home ] | |||