The man who becomes angry never does a great amount of work, and the man whom nothing can make angry accomplishes so much.

If I wish to compose or write or pray or preach well, I must be angry. Then all the blood in my veins is stirred, and my understanding is sharpened.

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake's venom that so quickly spreads-such a monk gives up the here and the beyond, just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.

Great anger and violence can never build a nation.

It's always wrong to hate, but it's never wrong to love.