"You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger."

[TeamProg]

- Siddhartha Gautama Buddha

[callous taoboy]

1. Unfortunately, this brings my dad to mind.

He had rage issues when I was growing up, and we just aren’t terribly close today.

[TeamProg]

2. It is certainly no fun being angry. We all know that, and yet we do! nt

[Danascot]

3. Essentially the same as this well known saying:

Anger is the punishment you give to yourself.

A bit longer version:

Anger is the punishment we give ourselves for someone else's mistake; forgive others to forgive yourself.

[Martin68]

5. Or from the Lord's Prayer, "forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us."

Forgiveness is the alternative to anger - against ourselves or against others.

[Martin68]

4. Truth.

[nealr]

6. an old Buddhist saying

Expressing anger at someone else is like stooping to pick up a hot coal to throw. Maybe it will burn them a little, but it will always burn you a lot first.