Instead of catching ourselves after we first felt angry, we develop a visceral sensitivity to what’s happening within us in the moment & through mindfulness, we can shape our reaction right away.

I think there’s a lot of anger and we’re gaining because of that. We could blow it. They can gain ground they’ve lost, but there’s a big shift going on.

When she came to her senses again she cut off all contact with him. It had not been easy, but she had steeled herself. The last time she saw him she was standing on a...

Now go stand in the corner and think about what you did.

He’s not god! He’s just the asshole who fucks with us.

In some instances, you may care so much about the person who has hurt you, or be so unable to be angry with him (or with anyone), that you rationalize his hurtful acts by finding...

We who are like senseless children shrink from suffering, but love its causes. We hurt ourselves; our pain is self-inflicted! Why should others be the object of our anger?

When we can see our own self, angry and hurting others, within every villain, then we can love. When we can see our own desperate struggle for belonging in the eyes of every enemy, then...

Accomplishments don’t erase shame, hatred, cruelty, silence, ignorance, discrimination, low self-esteem or immorality. It covers it up, with a creative version of pride and ego. Only restitution, forgiving yourself and others, compassion, repentance and living...

Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn’t change the heart of others– it only changes yours.

That should have been my strategy! By the time I’ve worked through the emotions of surprise, admiration, anger, jealousy, and frustration, I’m watching that reddish mane of hair disappear into the trees well out of...

-anger because pain would drown me without the protective shell.

Life is too short to be anything but happy. So kiss slowly. Love deeply. Forgive quickly. Take chances and never have regrets. Forget the past but remember what it taught you.

It is okay of talking about the past, as long as there’s no bitterness and anger. It only gives you a heart attack. It won’t change the past either.

What I have learned lately is that people deal with death in all sorts of ways. Some of us fight against it, doing everything we can to make it not true. Some of us lose...

Patience is the direct antithesis of anger.

I’m not really sure why. But… do you stop loving someone just because they betray you? I don’t think so. That’s what makes the betrayal hurt so much – pain, frustration, anger… and I still...

The ecstasy of wrath is not enough for vengeance!

Divorce lawyers stoke anger and fear in their clients, knowing that as long as the conflicts remain unresolved the revenue stream will keep flowing.

most ridiculous thing they ever could have done”? Do you really believe that your child is an idiot? Because she now does. Think about that. Because you said it, she now believes it. Bravo.

What we fail to realize is we often become like Pharisees in our ruthless attempts to identify Pharisees (and impostors). While indeed some people use the old laws of religious pride to tear down men...

I have actually known a case where a Woman has exterminated her whole household, and half an hour afterwards, when her rage was over and the fragments swept away, has asked what has become of...

A zoo is a good place to make a spectacle of yourself, as the people around you have creepier, more photogenic things to look at.

When you’re angry, use your anger to build a fortress of forgiveness

I don’t hate people, i assume they are dead!

It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate.

I will see my father in every anger.

Great Outdoors”places me in a different tonal mood, filledup with hope and passion, not resentful,suppressed relics of anger unresolvedDid you listen to the winds?What did you hear?Did you listen to the trees?What knowledge did they...

…the stark nakedness and simplicity of the conflict with which humanity is oppressed – that of getting angry with and wishing to hurt the very person who is most loved.

Transferring my anger and pain onto paper turns it into something tangible, something that can be shredded or burned, or at the very least, sealed shut in a box. ~Call Me Tuesday

My rage is derived from eyes so sharp they see through the idiocy being passed off as sophistication. Under the cloak of universal themes and terms such as freedom, change, and acceptance, madness ensues, being...

The paradox of vengefulness is that it makes men dependent upon those who have harmed them, believing that their release from pain will come only when they make their tormentors suffer. In seeking the Bird’s...

Go ahead, Josh. I’m listening now.”I could feel the cold emanating from her and flowing in my direction. Ithad been this way for a while I just didn’t want to see it.Danny and Josh looked...

Anger is like sex urge, once gratified, the inner voice calls you a stinking fool.

Anger is action without thoughts.

Many of us are reactive, not proactive. We react. We hit back. We are ‘an eye for an eye’ practitioners. We attack when we are attacked, with good measure. Our barometer reads from the environment...

How can I use what most excites, angers, or upsets me to achieve what I most want to be, do, or experience?

His face became a mirror, and in it I saw a monster version of myself, unleashing my anger like black magic. In front of my children, in front of my neighbors’ house. If I’d really...

You’re insane!” she shouted.”Pretty cool, huh?””No!”Tally yelled. “Why didn’t you tell me it was broken?”Shay shrugged. “More fun that way?””More fun?” Her heart beating fast,her vision strangely clear. She was full of anger and relief...

The Poetic Assassin

Realize this – your anger with God does not drive a wedge between you and Him. It is your silence that drives the wedge. – Prodigal Life

You can’t win an argument with an argument.

Men lose their tempers in defending their taste

Scores of studies have shown that venting doesn’t soothe anger; it fuels it.

Yuh cyah vex when soca playin

If I say you’re a goatherd’s son, you say, ‘Yes, Lord Ralon.'”Alanna gasped with fury. “I’d as soon kiss a pig! Is that what you’ve been doing-kissing pigs? Or being kissed?

Feelings are something you have; not something you are.

Genuine anger was one of the world’s great creative forces. But you had to learn how to control it. That didn’t mean you let it trickle away. It meant you dammed it, carefully, let it...

Start wherever you are! Low hanging fruit really tastes as good as the high stuff.

No matter what goals you set to accomplish always remember there is a thing known as life which you should never forget to live and enjoy.