ANGER

"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." – Aristotle

Ø 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.

QUOTES:

• 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.

(from my book "10 Fundamental Rules of Success", Publishers: PUSTAK MAHAL, New Delhi)
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