Patience and Anger: Timeless Wisdom for a Serene Life

Dryden & others explore patience & anger. Delaying anger can make it worse. Patience is powerful but unchecked can turn to rage. Learn to manage anger & rediscover patience's transformative power. 

⊙ Quote of the Day: Patience and the Perils of Untamed Fury

Beware the fury of a patient man. 

- John Dryden -

This quote from John Dryden's poem "Absalom and Achitophel" (1681) warns us that delayed anger can be more intense and destructive. It suggests that long-simmering resentments and emotions can have unpredictable consequences when they erupt, highlighting the power of patience but also the potential for it to transform into anger if left unchecked. Embark on your anger management journey today and rediscover the transformative power of patience.

• Abused patience turns to fury. - Thomas Fuller

• Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury. - Francis Quarles

• Great fury, like great whiskey, requires long fermentation. - Truman Capote

⊙ Patience and Anger: Timeless Wisdom for a Serene Life

• Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you. - Ovid

• I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am  not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature. - Paulo Coelho

• The finest fury is the most controlled. - Christopher Hitchens

• Patience is when you’re supposed to get mad, but you choose to understand. - Anonymous

• To lose patience is to lose the battle. - Mahatma Gandhi

• Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. - Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Quote of the Day: Seven Advice of Rumi 

Rumi's seven advices encourage helping and being generous to others, acting with compassion and grace, concealing others' faults, maintaining composure and not losing temper, being modest and humble, showing tolerance, and staying true to one's essence or behaving accordingly.

Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic scholar, and Sufi mystic. His works, particularly his poetry collections like the "Mathnawi" and the "Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi," are widely celebrated for their spiritual depth, wisdom, and universal appeal. Rumi's writings explore themes of love, unity, and the search for spiritual truth, transcending cultural and religious boundaries to inspire readers across generations.

[ Seven Advice of Rumi ]

• In generosity and helping others be like the river. : Generosity and compassion are virtues to be extended to others.

• In compassion and grace be like the sun. : It is important to reveal oneself or show oneself as is.

• In concealing others’ faults be like the night. : Do not criticize others' flaws, but rather conceal them; this is important.

• In anger and fury be like the dead. : Anger and fury are destructive; composure and restraint are important.

• In modesty and humility be like the soil. : Modesty demonstrates human decency, and arrogance should be avoided.

• In tolerance be like the ocean. : Tolerance entails adopting an attitude of recognizing and accepting diversity.

• Either you appear as you are or be as you appear. : Stay true to your essence or act accordingly.

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