On Anger

If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?

Sydney J. Harris (1917-1986)
Journalist

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The grudge you hold on to is like a hot coal that you intend to throw at someone, but you're the one who gets burned.

Siddhartha Gautama (c. 563-c. 483 B.C.)
Founder of Buddhism

Happiness

Each morning the day lies like a fresh shirt on our bed... The happiness of the next twenty-four hours depends on our ability, on waking, to pick it up.

Walter Benjamin (1892-1940)
Critic and philosopher

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Wandering is one of the most sensible things in the world to do. I highly recommend the pursuit of happiness from east to west, bending and stopping, pausing, enjoying, not going anywhere in particular except down a beach or around a pond, always knowing that there is something wonderful just ahead.

Ann H. Zwinger
Naturalist