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Consider how much more often you suffer from your anger and grief than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved.

— Marcus Aurelius  <link>

A Fight Between Two Wolves

A Cherokee elder sitting with his grandchildren told them, “In every life there is a terrible fight—a fight between two wolves. One is evil: he is fear, anger, envy, greed, arrogance, self-pity, resentment, and deceit. The other is good: joy, serenity, humility, confidence, generosity, truth, gentleness, and compassion.”

A child asked, “Grandfather, which wolf will win?”

The elder looked him in the eye. “The one you feed.”

— Cherokee wisdom  <link>

Hate as a Weapon

Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves.

— Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven  <link>