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Premature forgiveness only leads to anger later on. As unpleasant as the pain can be, you must feel it through and through before you can move on.

Anger takes us out of the fearful, vulnerable position and puts us back into attack mode, which restores our feeling of control, as well as reducing our feelings of vulnerability.

You will help yourself if you let yourself know that you cannot change the past by being angry about it.

The best cure for anger is, first of all, time; second is empathy. You have to allow yourself to feel the first burst of anger.

…forgiveness does mean that you cease to let yourself be consumed by anger, resentment, bitterness and the other volatile solvents that keep the fire burning, a fire that spreads, destroying families, towns, even countries.

If we can accept that we lack control… We can then rise above what holds us down, namely anger, resentment and hatred. We become free.

There’s always someone who stands to gain from distorting the truth – and there are angry or unreasonable people who will lie for a few bucks or for a variety of other reasons.

…science has determined that multitasking is for most practical purposes a myth, and heeding its siren call leads to inefficiency and even danger.

Even though many managers – and employees – would like to ignore emotions, pretending that such ‘messy’ things do not belong in the workplace, such studied ignorance is a dangerous gamble.

Upper-middle-class consumers are angry because they can’t afford the gear featured in the store and worn by celebrities. The knee-jerk reaction is to get happy by buying something else.