No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.
—George Jean Nathan (1882–1958) American Drama Critic, Editor
Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them.
—James Fallows (b.1949) American Journalist, TV Personality, Speechwriter
Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
Avoid anger and thou wilt not sin.
—The Talmud Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith
Get mad, then get over it.
—Colin Powell (b.1937) American Military Leader
Whate’er’s begun in anger ends in shame.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend.
—Akhenaten (1378BCE–1348BCE) Egyptian Monarch, Religious Leader
Anger is a symptom, a way of cloaking and expressing feelings too awful to experience directly — hurt, bitterness, grief, and, mostof all, fear.
—Joan Rivers (1933–2014) American Comedienne, Writer
Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. So we were often angry at each other.
—Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970) French General, Statesman
Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of a certain income can indulge.
—George William Curtis (1824–92) American Essayist, Public Speaker, Editor, Author
When the wise is angry, he is wise no longer.
—The Talmud Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith
Anger 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.
—Buddhist Teaching
When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.
—T. E. Lawrence (1888–1935) British Soldier, Scholar, Writer
Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrong.
—Charlotte Bronte (1816–1855) English Novelist, Poet
If deeply based in wisdom, even anger is allowed.
—Hans Taeger
Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
—Pythagoras (570–495 BCE) Greek Philosopher
Of the seven deadly sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of bitter confrontations still to come, to savor to the last toothsome morsel both the pain you are given and the pain you are giving back- in many ways it is a feast fit for a king. The chief drawback is that what you are wolfing down is yourself. The skeleton at the feast is you.
—Frederick Buechner (b.1926) American Presbyterian Clergyman, Novelist, Short Story Writer, Essayist, Theologian
To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744) English Poet
Angry men are blind and foolish, for reason at such a time takes flight and, in her absence, wrath plunders all the riches of the intellect, while the judgment remains the prisoner of its own pride.
—Pietro Aretino (1492–1556) Italian Poet, Dramatist, Satirist
Adversity is a severe instructor, set over us by one who knows us better than we do ourselves, as he loves us better too. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This conflict with difficulty makes us acquainted with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.
—Edmund Burke (1729–97) British Philosopher, Statesman
Be not easily moved to anger.
—The Talmud Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith
Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, everyone should be serene, slow-pulsed and calm.
—Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–99) American Lawyer, Orator, Agnostic
We 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.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
As the whirlwind in its fury teareth up trees, and deformeth the face of nature, or as an earthquake in its convulsions overturneth whole cities; so the rage of an angry man throweth mischief around him.
—Akhenaten (1378BCE–1348BCE) Egyptian Monarch, Religious Leader
Anger is a noble infirmity; the generous failing of the just; the one degree that riseth above zeal, asserting the prerogative of virtue.
—Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810–89) English Poet, Writer
When I am angry I can pray well and preach well.
—Martin Luther (1483–1546) German Protestant Theologian
No person is important enough to make me angry.
—Carlos Castaneda (1925–98) Peruvian-born American Anthropologist, Author
Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.
—Thomas de Quincey (1785–1859) English Essayist, Critic
Anger showeth the character of a man.
—The Talmud Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith
An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.
—Publilius Syrus (fl.85–43 BCE) Syrian-born Roman Latin Writer
Anger is really disappointed hope.
—Erica Jong (b.1942) American Novelist, Feminist
There is nothing more galling to angry people than the coolness of those on whom they wish to vent their spleen.
—Alexandre Dumas pere (1802–1870) French Novelist, Playwright
Anger is never without a Reason, but seldom with a good One.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
Anger profiteth nobody.
—The Talmud Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith
Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.
—George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) (1819–80) English Novelist
It 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.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
—Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American Poet
Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.
—Yoda Character In ‘Star Wars’
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
—Orson Welles (1915–85) American Film Director, Actor
Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them.
—Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler) (b.1970) American Novelist
Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.
—Sivananda Saraswati (1887–1963) Indian Hindu Spiritual Teacher
Any one can get angry — that is easy — or give or spend money; but to do this to the right person, to the right extent, at the right time, with the right motive, and in the right way, that is not for every one, nor is it easy.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
There is another man within me that’s angry with me.
—Thomas Browne (1605–82) English Author, Physician
To be wronged or robbed is nothing unless you continue to remember it.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
To rule one’s anger is well; to prevent it is better.
—Tryon Edwards American Theologian
When a man is wrong and won’t admit it, he always gets angry.
—Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796–1865) Canadian Author, Humorist, Businessperson, Judge
Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.
—Epictetus (55–135) Ancient Greek Philosopher
Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.
—Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803–73) British Novelist, Poet, Politician
Anger represents a certain power, when a great mind, prevented from executing its own generous desires, is moved by it.
—Pietro Aretino (1492–1556) Italian Poet, Dramatist, Satirist
To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of devils; but to prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.
—Isaac Watts (1674–1748) English Hymn writer
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
—William Congreve (1670–1729) English Playwright, Poet
Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind.
—Juvenal (c.60–c.136 CE) Roman Poet
You can’t shake hands with a clenched fist.
—Indira Gandhi (1917–84) Indian Head of State
Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.
—E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881–1959) British Politician, Political leader
A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
—William Cowper (1731–1800) English Anglican Poet, Hymn writer
Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) American Writer
Indignation is a submission of our thoughts, but not of our desires.
—Bertrand A. Russell (1872–1970) British Philosopher, Mathematician, Social Critic
Beware the fury of a patient man.
—John Dryden (1631–1700) English Poet, Literary Critic, Playwright
Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.
—J. M. Barrie (1860–1937) Scottish Novelist, Dramatist
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.
—Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–99) American Lawyer, Orator, Agnostic
Anger itself does more harm than the condition which aroused anger.
—David O. McKay (1873–1970) American Mormon Religious Leader
Spite is never lonely; envy always tags along.
—Mignon McLaughlin (1913–83) American Journalist, Author
Anger causes us often to condemn in one what we approve in another.
—Pasquier Quesnel (1634–1719) French Jansenist Theologian
There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.
—Jules Renard (1864–1910) French Writer, Diarist
A really great man is known by three signs — generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
—Otto von Bismarck (1815–98) German Chancellor, Prime Minister
To him who curbs his wrath, his sins will be forgiven.
—The Talmud Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith
Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as a handmaid at the back of reason, to come to the front when bidden. For once it begins to take control of the mind, it calls just what it does cruelly.
—George William Curtis (1824–92) American Essayist, Public Speaker, Editor, Author
An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
—Cato the Elder (Marcus Porcius Cato) (234–149 BCE) Roman Statesman
Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger.
—Chinese Proverb
People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.
—Will Rogers (1879–1935) American Actor, Rancher, Humorist
A wave of anger washed over me, anger against myself, at my age at the time, that stupid lyrically age, when a man is too great a riddle to himself to be interested in the riddles outside himself and when other people are mere walking mirrors in which he is amazed to find his own emotions, his own worth.
—Milan Kundera (b.1929) Czech Novelist
Every time you get angry, you poison your own system.
—Alfred A. Montapert (1906–97) American Engineer, Philosopher
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.
—Phyllis Diller (b.1917) American Actor, Comedian
He who is slow to anger and easily pacified is truly pious and virtuous.
—The Talmud Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith
Anger should never be an overnight guest.
—Neal A. Maxwell (1926–2004) American Mormon Religious Leader
Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always makes you less than you are.
—Malcolm S. Forbes (1919–1990) American Publisher, Businessperson
He who holds back rising anger like a rolling chariot, him I call a real driver; other people are but holding the reins.
—The Dhammapada Buddhist Anthology of Verses
He who gives way to his wrath makes desolate his house.
—The Talmud Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith
There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.
—Francis de Sales (1567–1622) French Catholic Saint
Most men’s anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady they neither of them care for.
—E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881–1959) British Politician, Political leader
A man may be known by three things: by his conduct in money matters, his behavior at the table and his demeanor when angry.
—The Talmud Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith
You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.
—Adlai Stevenson (1900–65) American Diplomat, Politician, Orator
Anger, which, far sweeter than trickling drops of honey, rises in the bosom of a man like smoke.
—Homer (751–651 BCE) Ancient Greek Poet
The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn’t angry enough.
—Bede Jarrett (1881–1934) English Dominican Friar
The beginning of anger is madness, the end penitence.
—The Talmud Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith
The best answer to anger is silence.
—German Proverb
There is not in nature a thing that makes man so deformed, so beastly, as doth intemperate anger.
—John Webster (1580–1634) English Dramatist, Poet
Anger is the most impotent of passions. — It affects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.
—Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609–74) English Statesman, Historian
We praise a man who is angry on the right grounds, against the right persons, in the right manner, at the right moment, and for the right length of time.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
Many a man has fallen in love with a girl in a light so dim he would not have chosen a suit by it.
—Maurice Chevalier (1888–1972) French Actor, Singer
For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
To accept excuse shows a good disposition.
—The Talmud Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith
A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English Philosopher
Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader