"Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind"

[NAO]

"Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind" - Robert G. Ingersoll

EXACTLY! Now THAT'S what I'm talking about.

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Robert Ingersoll Quotes
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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. This is a lovely quote...

But it's not always true.

If the person is normally coherent, then they tend to be coherently angry as well.

It's STILL a lovely quote.

Poetic even...

[meegbear]

2. "Anger is an energy" - Johnny Lyndon

[MilesColtrane]

3. Even Jesus H. Christ got pissed off and kicked ass at times.

[bobbolink]

4. Just exactly what I was thinking. Thanks for the art.

This is a VERY angry society, which is ironically, anger-phobic.

Without anger, we wouldn't even have a country... the USA was formed by anger in reaction to the monarchy. Gotta love the irony.

[PassingFair]

5. And fear is a flood which douses it.

I try to steer clear of anger and fear...

It's a whole lot easier to steer clean
of the anger than the fear.

[bobbolink]

6. Suppression is the most psychologically destructive force there is.

[abq e streeter]

7. Let fury have the hour, anger can be power...

The late great musical visionary Joe Strummer

[laylah]

8. Really LOVE this one, also...

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot.
Robert Green Ingersoll

[Poboy]

9. Rage Against The Machine.

Fuck you I won't do what you tell me.