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Thoughts On Anger

(2008-06-26 17:21:54) 下一个


The following passages are found from June's Forbes. They are pretty good reflections, from different perspectives, on anger, a social phenomenon that people often witness, or experience, either on individual or collective level. To make it worth of savoring are the ways how the issue is being addressed by people of different backgrounds, characters and personalities, yet they're all witty, illuminating, humorous and even funny, some of them if not all.



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A reservoir of rage exists in each person, waiting to burst out. We fantasize about killing or humiliating our boss or the guy who took our parking space. It is only by growing up in a civilized society of law that we learn the idea of proportionate response.

Rex Julian Beaver 


Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.

Albert Einstein


Beware of the fury of a patient man.

John Dryden


Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

Harriet Lerner


At this present moment, I have a strong urge to go over there, wrap both his legs round his neck and stick his suede shoes in his mouth. But I suppose that would only be termed a temporary solution.

Alan Ayckbourn


It’s my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it.

Sean O’Casey


He ever let the sun go down on his wrath, though there were some colorful sunsets while it lasted.

A. A Thomson


One of my problems is that I internalize everything. I can't express anger; I grow a tumor instead.

Woody Allen


I expect to pass through this world but once, and therefore if there is anybody that I want to kick in the crutch I had better kick them in the crutch now, for I do not expect to pass this way again.

Maurice Bowra


Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.

Phyllis Diller


Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about change.

Malcolm X

 

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edrifter 回复 悄悄话 Melly & Suxiang:

You two sound evern greater than those big shots! Great thoughts! Thanks for the sharing.
苏乡门地 回复 悄悄话
Never start the day mad,it will ruin the day;
Never eat a meal mad, it will ruin the appetite;
Never hands on the wheel mad,it may ruin one's life;
Never raise a boy mad, it will bring a mad man to the world;
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Suxiang~~
melly 回复 悄悄话 The older people are, the less angry they might be, the wiser they would be.
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