Beyond Anger Quotes

“So, like a treasure found at home, That I have gained without fatigue, My enemies are helpers in my Bodhisattva work And therefore they should be a joy to me. Since I have grown in patience Thanks to them, To them its first fruits I should give, For of my patience they have been the cause.”
― Shambhala Publications, Beyond Anger: How to Hold On to Your Heart and Your Humanity in the Midst of Injustice

“If you can do something to change the circumstances, why be upset about it? And if you cannot do anything to change the circumstances, why be upset about it?”
― Shambhala Publications, Beyond Anger: How to Hold On to Your Heart and Your Humanity in the Midst of Injustice

“person. There is no single identity that can define us completely. At any moment, we have the option of being different; we can be a person who is not angry or disturbed. Let yourself be that other person—a person who treasures true happiness, kindness, and tranquillity.”
― Shambhala Publications, Beyond Anger: How to Hold On to Your Heart and Your Humanity in the Midst of Injustice

“Hatred never ends through hatred. By non-hate alone does it end. This is an ancient truth.”
― Shambhala Publications, Beyond Anger: How to Hold On to Your Heart and Your Humanity in the Midst of Injustice

“Anger further harms us by clouding our judgment. We cannot think or act effectively if we are overcome with anger. We do not want to see the positive side of the person—and that is the side we urgently need to connect with in order to resolve the situation.”
― Shambhala Publications, Beyond Anger: How to Hold On to Your Heart and Your Humanity in the Midst of Injustice

“I think that a shift from valuing what we get, to valuing what we give, can serve us well in many aspects of our relationships.”
― Shambhala Publications, Beyond Anger: How to Hold On to Your Heart and Your Humanity in the Midst of Injustice

“We have the option of staying grounded within ourselves. Even when we are in the middle of disturbing situations, we need to hold the larger percentage of ourselves back from them. We need to hold to our own center. I”
― Shambhala Publications, Beyond Anger: How to Hold On to Your Heart and Your Humanity in the Midst of Injustice

“When faced with people who are inflexible in their views, that is the time for you to be at your most flexible and accommodating, and to bring all your wisdom and compassion to bear.”
― Shambhala Publications, Beyond Anger: How to Hold On to Your Heart and Your Humanity in the Midst of Injustice

“I think the analogy of how we respond to people who are insane might give us a model for reacting with greater kindness to extreme cases of closed-mindedness. When we encounter people who are acting outright crazy, we recognize that they are not in their right minds, and respond accordingly. We do not insist that they see things our way. We do not become angry when we observe their lack of control over their own minds. Rather, we can maintain our equanimity and can see that they are suffering.”
― Shambhala Publications, Beyond Anger: How to Hold On to Your Heart and Your Humanity in the Midst of Injustice

“The more closed-minded or hardheaded someone seems, the more reason there is for us to be open-minded and gentle when interacting with them. We can recognize how difficult and painful it is to live with anger or narrow views, and this allows us to feel compassion for them.”
― Shambhala Publications, Beyond Anger: How to Hold On to Your Heart and Your Humanity in the Midst of Injustice

“Letting Go of Righteousness If you think about it, we human beings can be really strange. When our views come into conflict with others, we are always sure that our way of seeing things must be right. No matter what position each of us is defending, both sides cling to the same unquestioned conviction that the error must be entirely on the other’s side. This is really not rational, is it?”
― Shambhala Publications, Beyond Anger: How to Hold On to Your Heart and Your Humanity in the Midst of Injustice

“Albert Camus writes, “We all carry within us our places of exile, our crimes, our ravages. Our task is not to unleash them on the world; it is to transform them in ourselves.”
― Shambhala Publications, Beyond Anger: How to Hold On to Your Heart and Your Humanity in the Midst of Injustice

“Anger no longer seems a lunatic stranger locked in the basement, but a familiar shadowy twin who suddenly appears in the room in unexpected guises. I now recognize anger as a frequent visitor in my life. —A Student’s Rendition of the Vow”
― Shambhala Publications, Beyond Anger: How to Hold On to Your Heart and Your Humanity in the Midst of Injustice