"Anybody can become angry - that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy." – AristotleØ Hell& Heaven: A samurai went to a Zen master Hakuin and requested him to tell him about heaven and hell. The master immediately started berating him. “What kind of samurai are you? You look like a beggar,” he shouted. He went on like this for a few minutes. The samurai became angry and unsheathed his sword. “Now open the gates of hell.” Hakuin said. In a flash the samurai understood. He sheathed his sword and humbly bowed before the master. “Now open the gates of heaven”, Hakuin said.
- You can’t rid yourself of a bad temper by losing it.
- Keep your temper; nobody else wants it.
- Anger is just one letter short of danger.
- Anger is a wind that blows out the light of the mind.
- Anger is a momentary insanity.
- The greatest remedy for anger is delay.
- When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.
- No person is important enough to make me angry.
- Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
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