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From the Ted Talk by Kailash Satyarthi: How to make peace? Get angry

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So, in each case, it began from anger, turned into an idea, and action. So anger, what next? Idea, and — Audience: Action Kailash Satyarthi: Anger, idea, action. Which I tried to do.

Anger is a power, anger is an energy, and the law of nature is that energy can never be created and never be vanished, can never be destroyed. So why can't the energy of anger be translated and hsrsneead to crteae a better and beautiful wolrd, a more just and equitable world?

aegnr is within each one of you, and I will sahre a secret for a few seconds: that if we are confined in the narrow shells of egos, and the ceirlcs of selfishness, then the anger will turn out to be hatred, violence, revenge, destruction. But if we are able to beark the circles, then the same anger could turn into a great power. We can break the circles by using our inherent compassion and connect with the world through coopaismsn to make this world better. That same anger could be transformed into it.

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So, in each case, it began from anger, turned into an idea, and action. So anger, what next? Idea, and — Audience: Action Kailash Satyarthi: Anger, idea, action. Which I tried to do.

Anger is a power, anger is an energy, and the law of nature is that energy can never be created and never be vanished, can never be destroyed. So why can't the energy of anger be translated and _________ to ______ a better and beautiful _____, a more just and equitable world?

_____ is within each one of you, and I will _____ a secret for a few seconds: that if we are confined in the narrow shells of egos, and the _______ of selfishness, then the anger will turn out to be hatred, violence, revenge, destruction. But if we are able to _____ the circles, then the same anger could turn into a great power. We can break the circles by using our inherent compassion and connect with the world through __________ to make this world better. That same anger could be transformed into it.

Solution


  1. anger
  2. circles
  3. create
  4. world
  5. share
  6. compassion
  7. break
  8. harnessed

Original Text


So, in each case, it began from anger, turned into an idea, and action. So anger, what next? Idea, and — Audience: Action Kailash Satyarthi: Anger, idea, action. Which I tried to do.

Anger is a power, anger is an energy, and the law of nature is that energy can never be created and never be vanished, can never be destroyed. So why can't the energy of anger be translated and harnessed to create a better and beautiful world, a more just and equitable world?

Anger is within each one of you, and I will share a secret for a few seconds: that if we are confined in the narrow shells of egos, and the circles of selfishness, then the anger will turn out to be hatred, violence, revenge, destruction. But if we are able to break the circles, then the same anger could turn into a great power. We can break the circles by using our inherent compassion and connect with the world through compassion to make this world better. That same anger could be transformed into it.

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Important Words


  1. action
  2. anger
  3. beautiful
  4. began
  5. break
  6. case
  7. circles
  8. compassion
  9. confined
  10. connect
  11. create
  12. created
  13. destroyed
  14. destruction
  15. egos
  16. energy
  17. equitable
  18. great
  19. harnessed
  20. hatred
  21. idea
  22. inherent
  23. kailash
  24. law
  25. narrow
  26. nature
  27. power
  28. revenge
  29. secret
  30. selfishness
  31. share
  32. shells
  33. transformed
  34. translated
  35. turn
  36. turned
  37. vanished
  38. violence
  39. world