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Ramakrishna Spiritual Leader
Anger

"It is not lust alone that one should be afraid of in the life of the world. There is also anger. Anger arises when obstacles are placed in the way of desire."

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Carl Sandburg Poet, Biographer
Anger

"Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed."

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Paula Cole Singer-Songwriter
Anger

"For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it back to that humble and tender spot where, with luck, it can lose its anger and become compassion again."

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Aristotle Philosopher
Anger

"To be angry is easy. But to be angry with the right man at the right time and in the right manner, that is not easy."

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Aristotle Philosopher
Anger

"We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time."

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Mother Teresa Missionary, Nun
Anger

"Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything."

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Dalai Lama Spiritual Leader
Anger

"Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
Anger

"I have learnt through bitter experience the one supreme lesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmuted into energy, even so our anger controlled can be transmuted into a power which can move the world."

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