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Anger
The fire that purifies and the fire that consumes — every tradition warns the wrath of God against the wrath of man, and every tradition makes the slow heart its student.
Judaism
"A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger."
"Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools."
Christianity
"Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:"
"...let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:"
Buddhism
"Let a man overcome anger by love, let him overcome evil by good..."
Islam
"Who spend [in the cause of Allah] during ease and hardship and who restrain anger and who pardon the people..."