Angry people don't get very far

You know how they always taught us that it often pays to count to 10 before striking back, sleep on it before answering, take a walk and then come back to what you wanted to do….well, to me it is very connected to the idea that when you are angry you really aren't "you" at all, but a temporary burst of anger.
Thus, when you react or provoke or strike back, you can never be sure if it is the anger that is talking from within you or you yourself. There is that step in between that we so often forget.

The thing we call "peace" is not a "head thing" but first and foremost a "heart thing".
You have to begin there and work up- angry people don't get very far with these kinds of things.