A little calm in this age of outrage

I woke up this morning thinking about how angry folks seem these days, scanned my social media feeds and found affirmation.

Actually, I'm not sure people are angrier now than ever (it's always been possible to scream at one another). Perhaps it's just that we have so few filters left to protect us.

Back in the good old days, once done with screaming or delivering personal insults and determined to share outrage more widely, it was necessary to sit down, write a letter and mail it --- or figure out some way to get it into print and distributed.

Now we have email, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

So I looked for solace in the Buddha and found two quotes I'm going to pin to my virtual bulletin board today --- the first from the Sutta Nipata (top) and the second from the Samyutta Nikaya, both elements of the Pali Canon.