"Anyone who angers you conquers you."
Sister Elizabeth Kenny, the famed
Irish-Australian nurse managed to stay constantly cheerful, no matter what the
provocation was. One day a friend asked her whether this was her inborn
quality. She said "No", and continued. "When I was very young,
my mother gave me a piece of advice which I have been seriously
following".
Anger is our reaction to someone's action or inaction. But our reaction is a matter of our own choice. The best answer to provocation is inner silence.