Source: The Magic Mountain (1924), Ch. 5
“Hatred and anger are the greatest poison to the happiness of a good mind.”
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Adam Smith
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The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Section II, Chap. III.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), Part I
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Context: When I started meditating, I was filled with anxieties and fears. I felt a sense of depression and anger.
I often took out this anger on my first wife. After I had been meditating for about two weeks, she came to me and said, "What's going on?" I was quiet for a moment. But finally I said, "What do you mean?" And she said, "This anger, where did it go?" And I hadn't even realized that it had lifted.
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