Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer badness with goodness. Conquer meanness with generosity. Conquer dishonesty with truth.
BuddhaAnyone can become angry - that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, at the right time, and for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not within everyone's power and that is not easy.
AristotleNever in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred, it will be stilled by non-hatred - this is the law Eternal.
BuddhaAnger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
Benjamin FranklinEvery man who attacks my belief diminishes in some degree my confidence in it and therefore makes me uneasy, and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.
Samuel JohnsonWhen anger rises think of the consequences.
ConfuciusIt is a living death if one is obsessed by pride ego and anger.
Sai BabaConventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
Bertrand RussellThe components of anxiety, stress, fear and anger, do not exist independently of you in the world. They simply do not exist in the physical world, even though we talk about them as if they do.
Wayne DyerNow is the winter of our discontent.
William ShakespeareYou will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
BuddhaAnger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
Mark TwainAnger, ego, jealousy, are the biggest diseases. Keep yourself aloof from these three diseases.
Sai BabaBitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
Maya AngelouWe should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.
Mahatma GandhiWe praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.
AristotleObama and his attack dogs have nothing but hate and anger in their hearts and spew it whenever possible.
Donald TrumpHell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.
Milton FriedmanAnger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing, it goes about and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.
Carl SandburgWhen angry - count to four; when very angry - swear.
Mark TwainAnger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
Mahatma GandhiAbused patience turns to fury.
Thomas FullerWhatever is begun in anger ends in shame.
Benjamin FranklinHell hath no fury like a hustler with a literary agent.
Frank SinatraMan should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.
Mahatma GandhiMy tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.
William ShakespeareAnger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.
George EliotAnger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
Mahatma GandhiThere must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.
Mother TeresaHolding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else, you are the one who gets burned.
BuddhaFury itself supplies arms.
VirgilAnger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
BuddhaWhen you are offended at any man's fault turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
EpictetusAnger can be subdued only by forbearance and cruelty can be overcome only by nonviolence.
Sai BabaThe world in general doesn't know what to make of originality, it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought and its first reaction is one of anger.
W. Somerset MaughamAnger is a short madness.
HoraceDon't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see one can only be angry with those he respects.
Richard M. NixonAnger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaAnger is one of the sinews of the soul.
Thomas FullerGenerally speaking if a human being never shows anger then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain.
Dalai LamaAnger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaLaw and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.
Martin Luther King, Jr.The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.
HoraceThe greatest remedy for anger is delay.
Thomas PaineAnger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him.
Louis L'AmourThe new always carries with it the sense of violation of sacrilege. What is dead is sacred, what is new that is different is evil dangerous or subversive.
Henry MillerGeorge wrote Taxman and I played guitar on it. He wrote it in anger at finding out what the taxman did. He had never known before then what could happen to your money.
Paul McCartneyIn my banjo show with the Steep Canyon Rangers I do do comedy during that show. It'd be absurd just to stand there mute and play 25 banjo songs.
Steve MartinDo not meddle in the affairs of wizards for they are subtle and quick to anger.
J. R. R. TolkienWhen someone says that I'm angry it's actually a compliment. I have not always been direct with my anger in my relationships which is part of why I'd write about it in my songs because I had such fear around expressing anger as a woman.
Alanis MorissetteAnger dwells only in the bosom of fools.
Albert EinsteinYou must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry terribly angry about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.
Richard M. NixonHe is a pandit (man of knowledge) who speaks what is suitable to the occasion who renders loving service according to his ability and who knows the limits of his anger.
ChanakyaI get angry with none. Will a mother get angry with her children? Will the ocean send back the waters to the several rivers?
Sai BabaPeople are always angry at America. They're absolutely certain that America either caused their problems or is deliberately not fixing their problems. But the anger is always directed at America and never at Americans.
P. J. O'RourkeIt's a joke to think that anyone is one thing. We're all such complex creatures. But if I'm going to be a poster child for anything anger's a gorgeous emotion. It gets a bad rap but it can make great changes happen.
Alanis MorissetteAll anger is not sinful because some degree of it and on some occasions is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of Scripture when it is conceived upon slight and inadequate provocation and when it continues long.
Wilson MiznerAll religions exhort man to cleanse the heart of malice, greed, hate and anger. All religions hold out the gift of Grace as the prize for success in this cleaning process.
Sai BabaSpeak without anger or spite without any artificiality or formality straight from the heart.then you will be spreading joy and love among all.
Sai BabaIt is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either.
Wayne DyerMy recipe for dealing with anger and frustration: set the kitchen timer for twenty minutes cry rant and rave and at the sound of the bell simmer down and go about business as usual.
Phyllis DillerHow much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
Marcus AureliusAnger if not restrained is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaI turned to music originally because of my past and needing a release or an outlet to get out anger or frustration or hurt.
Christina AguileraThere's nothing wrong in suffering if you suffer for a purpose. Our revolution didn't abolish danger or death. It simply made danger and death worthwhile.
H. G. WellsWhat starts the process really are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. If your anger is deep enough and strong enough you learn that you can change those attitudes by excellence personal gut performance.
Richard M. NixonThe deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaPeople crowd into film shows rush towards social clubs - spend days together in playing cards - but when they are asked to sing the Glory of God and purify themselves and the atmosphere they clamor for concession ! When the heads hit against each other in anger can the feet be steady and unaffected ? They too will kick and trample as maliciously as they can.
Sai BabaWhen I was younger I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life. So I bit my tongue. I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs.
Alanis MorissetteFair peace becomes men, ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
OvidAnger is the harvest of the bewitching mind, it enslaves man and fogs his understanding.
Sai BabaAnger cannot be destroyed by anger and cruelty by cruelty.
Sai BabaLearned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.
James MadisonWhat influenced me was Tori Amos who was unapologetic about expressing anger through music and Sinead O'Connor. Those two in particular were really moving for me and very inspiring before I wrote 'Jagged Little Pill.'
Alanis MorissetteAnger cannot be dishonest.
Marcus AureliusThere's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.
Wayne DyerDesire destroys devotion, anger destroys wisdom, greed destroys work - hence these bad qualities must be sacrificed. With good and sweet words, keeping desires under check and control (for ultimate removal) one should start on the path of sacrifice.
Sai BabaAnger is like an intoxicant, it reduces man and degrades him to the level of an animal.
Sai BabaI know to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.
Mahatma GandhiWhere divinity is sought after one ought always to behave in the spirit of Love devoid of the slightest trace of hate envy and anger. When one cultivates the inner look one attains the conviction of the basic equality of all.
Sai BabaEvery action must be due to one or other of seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reasoning, anger, or appetite.
AristotleHello. Do not greet anybody when the heart is filled with anger, distrust etc. Have instead a pure hollow from which a wholehearted Hello emanates.
Sai BabaI will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime then I attack them one and all because they enslave the minds of men.
Robert Green IngersollHatred is settled anger.
Marcus Tullius CiceroLawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.
HoraceThe greatest remedy for anger is delay.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaHatred is inveterate anger.
Marcus Tullius CiceroMy therapist says I still haven't got in touch with my anger. Maybe one day I'm going to explode. But I'm still really happy. I know it looks like a strange and painful upbringing - all those experiences led me to the paths that I'm on now.
Drew BarrymoreIt is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people, to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.
William Arthur WardIt is easy to fly into a passion - anybody can do that - but to be angry with the right person to the right extent, and at the right time, with the right object, and in the right way - that is not easy and it is not everyone who can do it.
AristotleThe wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on, science and art are as well.
Anton ChekhovIt is better to lead from behind and to put others in front especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.
Nelson MandelaLike fragile ice anger passes away in time.
OvidIt isn't enough just to scream at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. We need our political system to start reflect this anger back into 'How do we fix it? How do we get the economy going again?'
Colin PowellWe're taught to be ashamed of confusion anger fear and sadness and to me they're of equal value to happiness excitement and inspiration.
Alanis MorissetteThe only justice is to follow the sincere intuition of the soul angry or gentle. Anger is just and pity is just but judgement is never just.
David Herbert LawrenceAnger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
Robert Green IngersollWhere there is charity and wisdom there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility there is neither anger nor vexation. Where there is poverty and joy there is neither greed nor avarice. Where there is peace and meditation there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
Francis of AssisiThose men who are happy in this world who are generous towards their relatives kind to strangers indifferent to the wicked loving to the good shrewd in their dealings with the base frank with the learned courageous with enemies humble with elders and stern with the wife.
Chanakya