Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer badness with goodness. Conquer meanness with generosity. Conquer dishonesty with truth.
BuddhaIn battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of fear of the people’s wrath.
Kahlil GibranAnyone can become angry - that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, at the right time, and for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not within everyone's power and that is not easy.
AristotleNever in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred, it will be stilled by non-hatred - this is the law Eternal.
BuddhaEvery man who attacks my belief diminishes in some degree my confidence in it and therefore makes me uneasy, and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.
Samuel JohnsonConventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
Bertrand RussellThe components of anxiety, stress, fear and anger, do not exist independently of you in the world. They simply do not exist in the physical world, even though we talk about them as if they do.
Wayne DyerAnger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
Mark TwainAnger, ego, jealousy, are the biggest diseases. Keep yourself aloof from these three diseases.
Sai BabaBitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
Maya AngelouWe should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.
Mahatma GandhiWe praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.
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