Anger is often caused by impotence.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭; 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰.
The desire for punishment turns into a desire for revenge, which perpetuates the futility of anger due to the continued violent collisions of hope and reality.
Aristotle affirmed that anger is "the desire to return a suffering.” But allowing passions to control the mind doesn't change the past, it warps the future.
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𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘵.
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯? 𝘐𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺? 𝘖𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴; 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳; 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘺. - Seneca