ANGER
“Anger”
is briefly defined as a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, resentment or
hostility. According to a longer description it is “an intense, natural human
emotion triggered by perceived threats, harms, or injustice.
It
is both a normal and abnormal human emotion. Normally, it shows itself in mild
irritation or displeasure. A person who frequently loses temper may be having
some mental disorder.
Religiously,
it is one of the seven deadly sins, the remaining six being ---pride, greed,
lust, envy, gluttony and sloth. Pride is vanity. It is excessive belief in one’s
own abilities. Greed is excessive desire for material gains. Lust is intense desire
for something, gluttony is too much eating or drinking, envy is dislike of
others’ possessions or qualities, and sloth is idleness or laziness.
Some
synonyms of anger are: rage, fury, vexation, ire, ill humour,
outrage, choler, gall and provocation.
Action
in a state of anger can be dangerous. It may express itself in fighting,
abusing, physical harming , mental torturing , and may cause some sort of undesirableinjury or loss. Even murders have
been committed because of intense anger.
We
must learn to control anger and delay reactions. More often than not anger
leads to regret and repentance. Criminal anger can result in legal punishment
which may, in worst cases, be life imprisonment or even death penalty.
Some
quotes on anger are:
*Anger is as a stone cast into wasp’s
nest.
*To rule one’s anger is well; to
prevent it is still better.
*When angry, count ten before you
speak; if very angry, count a hundred.
*He best keeps from anger who
remembers that God is always looking upon him. ___Greek philosopher Plato (died
around 348/347 BCE)
*The greatest remedy for anger is
delay.
*The English divine and religious poet
Isaac Watts (1674-1748) said: To be
angry about trifles is mean and childish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin
to the practice and temper of devils; but to prevent and suppress rising
resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.
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G.R.Kanwal
24 August 2025
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