Anger & Calm

“"Be angry, and don't sin." Don't let the sun go down on your wrath.”

“In the end he will not be able to reap kindness where he felt hatred, nor joy where he nourished envy!”

“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”

“He who holds back rising anger like a rolling chariot, him I call a real driver; other people are but holding the reins.”

“Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.”

“So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God.”

“Slander can again only produce slander, hate only hate, and murder only murder.”

“Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don't fret; it leads only to evildoing.”

“A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.”

“Goodness is little in the mind of a man of wrath.”

“Ignore the scoffers, who are still strangers to spiritual life.”

“He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.”

“Let a man overcome anger by love, let him overcome evil by good; let him overcome the greedy by liberality, the liar by truth!”

“Don't befriend a hot-tempered man. Don't associate with one who harbors anger.”

“He who in (Tao's) wars has skill Assumes no martial port; He who fights with most good will To rage makes no resort.”

“A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.”

“Do not talk merely for the sake of talking. And speak only when, where and how it is necessary!”

“The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.”

“It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.”

“Heed your word! Let your speech be simple and true!”

“For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.”

“Let a man leave anger, let him forsake pride, let him overcome all bondage! No sufferings befall the man who is not attached to name and form, and who calls nothing his own.”

“A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.”

“The LORD is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.”

“Temperaments which are well controlled and properly employed are like wearing good boots on the road through material substance on earth!”

“Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice.”

“But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.”

“Carelessness will exact a bitter revenge; for it will speedily debase you to the level of a playground for alien influences, through which you very easily become sullen, moody and unjust to your surroundings.”

“Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come from your pleasures that war in your members?”

“Beware of bodily anger, and control thy body! Leave the sins of the body, and with thy body practise virtue!”

“Be not cruel. Be not wrathful-minded.”

“The greatest remedy for anger is delay.”

“Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.”

“When angry, count ten, before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.”

“Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.”

“Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."”

“You, however, are to become upbuilding ones in this Creation, not talkers!”

“Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don't curse.”

“When he was cursed, he didn't curse back. When he suffered, he didn't threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.”

“Do not speak harshly to anybody; those who are spoken to will answer thee in the same way. Angry speech is painful, blows for blows will touch thee.”

“To speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.”

“Not one single evil thought will remain unexpiated, even when it has not developed into a physical deed!”

“The Lord's servant must not quarrel, but be gentle toward all, able to teach, patient.”

“You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

“The language is intended to serve man with power and as a sword in order to promote and protect harmony, not to spread suffering and conflict.”

“Don't say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work."”

“Calm and repose are what he prizes; victory (by force of arms) is to him undesirable.”

“If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink.”

“Him I call indeed a Brahmana who is free from anger, dutiful, virtuous, without appetite, who is subdued, and has received his last body.”

“Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.”

“You must indeed always reap what you sow! Thus you must also reap everything you sow with your words, and through the manner in which you utter your words!”

“An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.”

“Indulge in no wrathfulness; for a man, when he indulges in wrath, becomes then forgetful of his duty and good works.”

“If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.”

“Evil cannot approach unless you call it! As you wish it, so will it happen to you!”

“But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.”

“Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?”

“Him I call indeed a Brahmana from whom anger and hatred, pride and envy have dropt like a mustard seed from the point of a needle.”

“Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.”

“Eschew all envy, the hatred towards those people who in your opinion possess much more than you yourselves!”

“Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.”