When anger rises, think of the consequences

When anger rises, think of the consequences

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.

Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.

Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.

Alas! they had been friends in youth;
But whispering tongues can poison truth,
And constancy lives in read more

Alas! they had been friends in youth;
But whispering tongues can poison truth,
And constancy lives in realms above;
And life is thorny, and youth is vain;
And to be wrothe with one we love
Doth work like madness in the brain.

There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.

There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.

Don't hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love. -Leo Buscaglia.

Don't hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love. -Leo Buscaglia.

Anger assists hands however weak.
[Lat., Quamlibet infirmas adjuvat ira manus.]

Anger assists hands however weak.
[Lat., Quamlibet infirmas adjuvat ira manus.]

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you read more

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.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Beware the fury of a patient man.