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Thucydides

"Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger."

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"Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger."

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"You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!O you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome,Knew you not Pompey?"

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"The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger."

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"Like fragile ice anger passes away in time."

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"Hatred is inveterate anger."

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"Hatred is settled anger."

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"The greatest remedy for anger is delay."

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"All the subjects of the world can be included in the kashays of anger-pride-deceit-greed. Anger and deceit are the 'protectors'. They have indeed originated from greed. A proud person will have greed for self-validation and recognition from others. And deceit protects it."

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Amber Hurdle

"The whole world dislikes kashays (inner weakness of anger-pride-deceit-greed) and yet, all the kashays of the world are done willfully. One doesn't like to be angry and yet he claims anger is necessary."

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"If you become angry with someone today, it is a discharge kashaya (karma effect of anger-pride-deceit-greed). But in that [discharge karma] your intent is for it, which "charges a [new] karmic seed."

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"Genuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on."

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