Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, everyone should be read more

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.

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that
ruleth his spirit than he read more

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that
ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.

When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.

Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound.

Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound.

Anger is only the will to reform.

Anger is only the will to reform.

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.

Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.

Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.

Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content. But a kingdom that has once been read more

Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content. But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; norcan the dead ever be brought back to life. Hence the enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution. This is the way to keep a country at peace and an army intact.

Anger is one of the sinews of the Soul; he that wants it hath a maimed mind.

Anger is one of the sinews of the Soul; he that wants it hath a maimed mind.