A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule. Anger is an uncontrollable feeling that betrays what you are when you are not yourself. Anger is that powerful internal force that blows out the light of reason. Know this to be the enemy: it is anger, born of desire. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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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.]
Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.
Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.
Anger should never be an overnight guest.
Anger should never be an overnight guest.
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.
Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help. Clarendon -Thomas read more
Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help. Clarendon -Thomas Fuller.
Anger is only the will to reform.
Anger is only the will to reform.
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. Seneca -Benjamin Franklin.
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. Seneca -Benjamin Franklin.
Keep cool; anger is not an argument. -Daniel Webster.
Keep cool; anger is not an argument. -Daniel Webster.
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.
