01
Your mind is like this water my friend, when it is agitated it becomes difficult to see. But if you allow it to settle, the answer becomes clear.
你的思想就如同水,我的朋友,當水波搖曳時就很難看清。但當它平靜下來,答案就會浮出水面。
——Bil Keane, The Family Circus
02
It is not the actions of others which trouble us, but rather it is our own judgments. Therefore remove those judgments and resolve to let go of your anger, and it will already be gone.
困擾我們的不是別人的行為,而是我們自己的判斷。因此,放下你的判斷,下定決心放下你的憤怒,它就會消失。
——Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
03
You are not the anger, you are the awareness behind the anger. Realize this and the anger will no longer control you.
你不是憤怒,你是憤怒背後的覺知。意識到這一點和憤怒將不再控制你。
——Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now
04
Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.
不要生氣,徵服生氣的人;以善勝惡;用慷慨戰勝吝嗇,用誠實戰勝謊言。
——Siddhārtha Gautama, Verse 223, The Dhammapada
05
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
壓抑憤怒就像抓著一塊滾燙的煤炭,想要扔向別人;你才是那個要被燒傷的人。
——Buddha
06
Do not let your anger lead to hatred, as you will hurt yourself more than you would the other.
不要讓你的憤怒導致仇恨,因為你會傷害自己多於傷害別人。
——Stephen Richards, Cosmic Ordering Guide
07
Throughout life there will be people who will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.
人的一生中總會有一些人讓你生氣,不尊重你,對你不好。讓上帝來處理他們所做的事情吧,因為你心中的仇恨也會把你吞噬。
——Will Smith
08
It is wise to direct your anger towards problems — not people; to focus your energies on answers – not excuses.
明智的做法是把你的憤怒指向問題,而不是人;把你的精力集中在答案上,而不是找藉口。
——William Arthur Ward, Fountains of Faith.
09
To be free from anger, don’t express it or suppress it, instead feel the energy behind it, understand it for what it’s worth and you will become free from it.
想要從憤怒中解脫,不要表達或壓抑它,而是感受它背後的能量,理解它的價值,你就會從憤怒中解脫出來。
——Mukesh (ConsciousReset.com)
10
As soon as anger knocks at one’s door, wisdom prepares to leave.
一旦憤怒敲開你的門,智慧就準備離開。
——Pawan Mishra, Coinman: The Untold Conspiracy
11
Anger hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.
憤怒傷害的是被它所控制的人而不是被它所攻擊的人。
——Carl Sandburg
12
The only person you hurt when you stay angry or hold grudges is you. Forgive everyone, including yourself.
當你生氣或怨恨時,你傷害的唯一人是你自己。原諒所有人,包括你自己。
——Tom Giaquinto