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The positive value of anger is not limited to peace
activists, but is relevant to all who work for social
change. It may be argued that anger is the personal
fuel in the social motor that resolves the institutional
contradictions that arise in the course of history.
As such. it applies to the activists who rid the world
of slavery, and who moved the political economic systems
from feudalism to capitalism and from capitalism to
socialism, and who are fighting today to rid the world
of racism and sexism.
-- David
Adams
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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, that is not
easy.
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Our
anger and annoyance are more detrimental to us than the
things themselves which anger or annoy us.
--Marcus Aurelius
Be
angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down
on your anger.
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Life
appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity
or registering wrongs.
-- Charlotte Bronte
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"Forgiving
is one of the most difficult things for a human being
to do, but I think it means looking at some slight
you feel, putting yourself in the position of the
other person, and wiping away any sort of resentment
and antagonism you feel toward them. Then let that
other person know that everything is perfectly friendly
and normal between you."
~ Jimmy
Carter
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Anger
makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow
beyond what you were.
-- Cherie Carter-Scott
The
price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.
-- Elderidge Cleaver
"I think
forgiveness is an aspect of our humanity. I think a lot
of as are brought up to believe that if we don't somehow
forgive, whatever it is that's ailing, troubling, angering,
enraging or shaming us, or getting us in any way worked
up, is going to live longer without forgiveness, whether
it's ourselves or others we're forgiving."
-- Robert Coles
When
anger rises, think of the consequences.
-- Confucius
We
plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives,
so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy
and doubt, that peace and abundance may manifest for
all.
-- Dorothy
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Anger
makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
- - Elizabeth I
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For
every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds
of peace of mind.
-- Ralph
Waldo Emerson
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"Forgiving
is an act of mercy toward an offender. We are no longer
controlled by angry feelings toward this person."
-- Robert D. Enright
If you
do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit;
give it nothing which may tend to its increase.
-- Epictetus
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"When
I see the migrant workers' broken bodies and eyes
without hope, I want to embrace and wipe away their
fears. It makes me angry and helps me to keep fighting
the oppressive system."
-- Irene
Fernandez
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"Forgiveness
works directly on the emotion of anger (and related constructs
such as resentment, hostility, or hatred) by diminishing
its intensity or level within the mind and heart."
-- Richard Fitzgibbons
"To
forgive is to set yourself free, to acknowledge that it
does no good to hate. Hate really, really destroys both
the other person and yourself. That realization is what
I think taught me about forgiveness, and so I try to live
by it."
--Ruby Bridges Hall
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Though
we all have the fear and the seeds of anger within
us, we must learn not to water those seeds and instead
nourish our positive qualities – those of compassion,
understanding, and loving kindness.
-- Thich
Nhat Hanh
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"Forgiveness
is an act of the imagination. It dares you to imagine a
better future, one that is based on the blessed possibility
that your hurt will not be the final word on the matter.
It challenges you to give up your destructive thoughts about
the situation and to believe in the possibility of a better
future. It builds confidence that you can survive the pain
and grow from it. "
-- Larry James
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In
spite of the fact that the law of revenge solves no
social problems, men continue to follow its disastrous
leading. History is cluttered with the wreckage of
nations and individuals that pursued this self-defeating
path."
--
Martin
Luther King, Jr
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Holding
on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles,
a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness
gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.
-- Joan Lunden
I
get angry about things and then go on and work.
-- Toni Morrison
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"The
Lady who Knows About Mads says that word MAD can mean
Make a Difference! Healthy anger is setting firm,
fair boundaries."
-- Lynne
Namka (AngriesOut.com)
Life
is about choices. You have choices about what to do
when you get mad.
--
Lynne
Namka (AngriesOut.com)
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"Mental
conflict and emotional states around an issue tie
up energy, which is then no longer available for creative
problem solving. Anger is a complex emotion which
is a cry for love and understanding. The ultimate
alchemy is releasing those prickly emotions inside
to become a person of emotional balance who is capable
of loving and being loved and connecting with your
deepest spiritual nature and your True-Self."
-- Lynne
Namka (AngriesOut.com)
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"The
Lady who Knows About Mads says that word MAD can mean
Make a Difference! Healthy anger is setting firm,
fair boundaries."
-- Lynne
Namka (AngriesOut.com)
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One
great thing about being a Human Being is that you do get
choices. We can use our choices about our mads to become
gentle, loving people.
-- Lynne
Namka (AngriesOut.com)
Everyone
gets the angries. But sometimes they make us say and do
things that we don't really mean. We can learn how to release
those mads in safe ways, so that no one gets hurt and we
feel better.
-- Lynne
Namka (AngriesOut.com)
Speak
when you are angry - and you will make the best speech you'll
ever regret.
-- Laurence J. Peter
Five
enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy,
anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should
infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.
-- Petrarch
Never
get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people.
-- Mario Puzo
“When
will our consciences grow so tender that we will
act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?”
-- Eleanor
Roosevelt
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"If
I hold a grudge because I'm angry, I feel strong. But to
set that anger aside takes real strength."
-- Everett L. Worthington, Jr.
The
best remedy for anger is delay.
-- Brigham Young
