There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.Love implies... — Marcus Aurelius

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing.

Author: Marcus Aurelius

Insight: When you think about anger, you probably picture it as pure waste—energy spent on things that don't matter. But Marcus Aurelius spots something most anger-management advice misses: anger itself isn't the problem. Indifference is. The person who never gets angry isn't enlightened; they've just stopped caring. They've checked out. Here's where it gets practical. You get angry at your kid's broken promise because you love them and want better. You get angry at injustice because you believe fairness matters. That anger contains real information about what you value. The trick isn't to eliminate it but to spend it wisely. Don't waste fury on things completely beyond your control—the weather, other people's opinions, traffic. That's just spinning your wheels. But the anger that shows up when you see something you can actually influence? That's worth listening to. It's often pointing at where your real power lies. The deeper insight: people who seem unmoved by anything haven't mastered calm. They've just given up on having standards. A life without any anger is a life where nothing matters enough to push back against.

Source: Meditations, unknown page, unknown year