A Quote by George Herbert

Let anger's fire be slow to burn. — © George Herbert
Let anger's fire be slow to burn.

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Anger is an all-consuming fire that will burn you and everyone else around you. Where is the justice in that?
Forget them. Burn all, burn everything. Fire is bright and fire is clean.
Satsang is the invitation to step into the fire of self-discovery. This fire will not burn you, it will burn only what you are not.
Emotions, particularly anger, are like fire. They can cook your food and keep you warm, or they can burn your house down.
Old school new school need to learn though I burn baby, burn like Disco Inferno Burn slow like blunts with ya-yo Peel more skins than Idaho potato
Life is beautiful, as long as it consumes you. When it is rushing through you, destroying you, life is gorgeous, glorious. It's when you burn a slow fire and save fuel, that life's not worth having.
I came to set fire to the earth. And I am watchful that the fire grow. May the fire of love grow in our hearts. May the fire of transformation glow in our movements. May the fire of purification burn away our sins. May the fire of justice guide our steps. May the fire of wisdom illuminate our paths. May the fire that spreads over the Earth never be extinguished.
If you aren't feeding the fire of anger or the fire of craving by talking to yourself, then the fire doesn't have anything to feed on.
As fire is not extinguished by fire, so anger is not conquered by anger, but is made even more inflamed. But meekness often subdues even the most beastly enemies, softens them and pacifies them.
And we must fight back! President Snow says he's sending us a message? Well, I have one for him. You can torture us and bomb us and burn our districts to the ground, but do you see that? Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us!
Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us!
I wrestled with anger from the age of sixteen. It's still one of my nemeses. I have to remember that the word of God says, 'Be slow to anger.'
When the Saracens came to attack him, they threw Greek fire onto the barrier he had made; and the fire caught easily, And you should know that the Turks did not wait for the fire to burn itself out, but rushed upon the Templars among the scorching flames.
Being the companion of the folk of this world is fire. There must be an Abraham if the fire is not going to burn [you].
If your knowledge of fire has been turned to certainty by words alone, then seek to be cooked by the fire itself. Don't abide in borrowed certainty. There is no real certainty until you burn; if you wish for this, sit down in the fire.
Is there any pleasure in anger? Yes, if the fire of my anger appeases the ashes of my friends.
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