Eight Steps of Anger Reacting: Part 1

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Part 1 of 4: Eight Steps Anger

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Eight Steps Anger: The first of the four parts about theeight8 steps of anger reacting uses a simple example to help you understand how anger works.


“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.” —Proverbs 16:32

“Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes.” —Sophocles


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8 Steps Anger: 8 Steps with a Minimal Example

  1. BAD HAPPENS: Consider it important.
  2. BLAME SELF: Should on self for it.
  3. DAMN SELF: Demonize self for it.
  4. Ego PAIN: Hurt feelings about it.
  5. ANGER DEFENDS: Crooked anger response to it.
  6. BLAME OTHERS: Should on others about it.
  7. DAMN OTHERS: Demonize others for it.
  8. DEMAND CHANGE: Try to force changes about it.

8 Steps Anger: Quotations Various Sources

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“A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.” —Ralph W. Sockman

“Avoid all wrath.” —Pythagoras

“Be careful of anger–it’s just one letter away from danger.” —Anonymous

“Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.” —Baruch Spinoza

“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.” —Proverbs 16:32

“He who angers you conquers you.” —Elizabeth Kenny

“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.” —Buddha

“If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will avoid one hundred days of sorrow.” —Chinese proverb

“Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness.” —James Thurber

“To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.” —Confucius

“To disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable.” —Barry Goldwater

8 Steps Anger: Quotations Came from Here

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“A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.” —Proverbs 12:16

“A good man’s anger lasts an instant, a meddling man’s for two hours, a base man’s a day and night, a great idiot’s until death.” —Indian proverb

“A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.” —Ralph W. Sockman

“A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.” —Bruce Lee, Martial Arts Innovator

“A smart person knows how to win an argument. A wise person knows how to avoid one.” —Anonymous

“Acting mean to mean people proves you are one of them just with a different set of excuses.” —Kevin Everett FitzMaurice

“An outside enemy exists only if there is anger inside.” —Thubten Zopa Rinpoche

“And therefore it is said that one who argues does so because he cannot see certain points.” —Chung Tzu

“Anger and meanness fail because they are a form of no-ting, of suppressing a negative reality and thereby focusing on, feeding, and increasing that negative reality.” —Kevin Everett FitzMaurice

“Anger corrupts, as weeds choke a field. Be free of anger, and honor those who are also free.” —Dhammapada: Desires, verse 357

“Anger is a punishment we give ourselves for somebody else’s mistake.” —Buddhist saying

“Anger is blindness, and does not suffer one to see the face of any man with truth.” —The Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs

“Anger is fire in the mind burning up the forest of your merits and blessings. If you want to walk in the path of the bodhisattvas, endure insults and guard your mind against anger.” —Han Shan

“Anger is like drinking salt water for thirst; it only increases the thirst.” —Caine, Kung Fu, television show

“Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.” —Seneca

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

“Anger is often a response to losing power; for example, loud noises can take your power over your attention, and people often yell about loud noises without noticing the irony.” —Kevin Everett FitzMaurice

“Anger is revenge.” —Kevin Everett FitzMaurice

“Anger is the only negative emotion that people all over the world usually want to keep.” ―Albert Ellis, How To Control Your Anger Before It Controls You

“Anger is throwing dust into the wind only for it to return to hurt your eyes.” —Kevin Everett FitzMaurice

“Anger simply shows that something in you is hurt; some wound is there.” —Osho

“Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.” —Gautama Buddha

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