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The Buddha compared anger with picking up hot coals with one's bare hands and trying to throw them at the person with whom one is angry. Who gets burned first? The one who is angry of course.

Ayya Khema
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Geshe Tashi Tsering, Ayya Khema (2010). “Being Nobody, Going Nowhere: The Foundation of Buddhist Thought:”, p.88, ReadHowYouWant.com
The Buddha compared anger with picking up hot coals with one's bare hands and trying to throw them at the person with whom one is angry. Who gets burned first? The one who is angry of course.