“It is written: “Remove
anger from your heart.” For the attribute of anger, like pride, must be
banished from one’s heart entirely; one must go to the furthest extreme to
avoid it.
The fundamental step in avoiding anger must be taken at the
outset, because once one begins to become angry, he loses control of his mind
and soul. He does not know what he is doing. Even when anger would
seemingly be justified, one should control himself and not be angry…… If one
loses control and expresses anger against someone, he should apologize that
same day.” (Rebbe Zechariah Mendel of Yarislav zt”l in Darchei
Tzedek -- quoted in A Path for Life; p. 166).
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