Coffin Nail, I agree with you on what you say about day to day living and trying not to let the "others" spark exasperation by their deeds, actions and ego driven delinquency.
My wife, who has also read both books, asks me 'why do you get so angry with people? ... it just is... when you get angry at people, for something they have done or said, the anger you demonstrate towards them is like swallowing poison and expecting them to die'. It's only you who suffers.
I retorted that, the anger is born out of exasperation because if everyone were like me, this world would be a nicer place to live,
We'd never get much done!..... but it would be a nicer place to live