Angry
When you’re angry
The urge to hit back, in whatever way. Lines from people who thought hard about it, each checked against the original text.
“The best kind of revenge is, not to become like unto them.”
Marcus AureliusMeditations, Book VI, §5
For when you want to hit back, in whatever way.
What it means →“For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule.”
The BuddhaDhammapada, verses 3 and 5
For when the anger is still in your hand.
What it means →
Heavier than a line can hold? Talk is a quieter room.