A Small Book about a Big Problem Quotes

“When you are fully confident that your Father is just, you know that injustice will not prosper. You will not become angry when offenses are committed against you because you will leave it in his hands.”
― Edward T. Welch, A Small Book about a Big Problem: Meditations on Anger, Patience, and Peace

“Anger is against God because he is the one who directs the details of our lives. In fact, in our anger and outrage, we have decided that we want to be God rather than submit to him.”
― Edward T. Welch, A Small Book about a Big Problem: Meditations on Anger, Patience, and Peace

“Anger takes everything personally, as if everything is an intentional act to make your life miserable.”
― Edward T. Welch, A Small Book about a Big Problem: Meditations on Anger, Patience, and Peace

“Anger shows contempt. You are better than they. You are smarter, more righteous—you are above and they are below. Anger tears down. It kills relationships.”
― Edward T. Welch, A Small Book about a Big Problem: Meditations on Anger, Patience, and Peace

“If you are casual about anger and unprepared, you will lose and so will those around you.”
― Edward T. Welch, A Small Book about a Big Problem: Meditations on Anger, Patience, and Peace

“Anger is not something that comes upon us when an offense is committed. Anger is already in us. In its embryonic form we call it desire.”
― Edward T. Welch, A Small Book about a Big Problem: Meditations on Anger, Patience, and Peace

“Anger looks down from the judge’s perch; wisdom comes down from those heights and looks up from below. Humility captures it.”
― Edward T. Welch, A Small Book about a Big Problem: Meditations on Anger, Patience, and Peace

“Love is the opposite of anger. Anger is disdain, hatred, and contempt.”
― Edward T. Welch, A Small Book about a Big Problem: Meditations on Anger, Patience, and Peace

“When the only one who has a right to be angry chooses love and service, when He considers the interests of others more important than His own and chooses humility–He changes everything (p. 55).”
― Edward T. Welch, A Small Book about a Big Problem: Meditations on Anger, Patience, and Peace