Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) American Writer
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 doesn’t pay to say too much when you are mad enough to choke. For the word that stings the deepest is the word that is never spoke, Let the other fellow wrangle till the storm has blown away, then he’ll do a heap of thinking about the things you didn’t say.
—James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916) American Children’s Books Writer, Poet, Writer
Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.
—Buddhist Teaching
In all my life I have never heard a mother call out to her child as she goes off to school, “Take a lot of risks today, darling”. She is more likely to convey to her child, “Be careful, darling”. This “Be careful” carries with it a double message: “The world is really dangerous out there” … and … “you won’t be able to handle it”.
—Susan Jeffers (1938–2012) American Psychologist, Self-Help Author
To him who curbs his wrath, his sins will be forgiven.
—The Talmud Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith
He who can suppress a moment’s anger may prevent a day of sorrow.
—Tryon Edwards American Theologian
Whate’er’s begun in anger ends in shame.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.
—Francis Quarles (1592–1644) English Religious Poet
Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Rancour will out.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
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
Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
When one is in a good sound rage, it is astonishing how calm one can be.
—Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803–73) British Novelist, Poet, Politician
Anger is only one letter short of danger.
—Unknown
He who gives way to his wrath makes desolate his house.
—The Talmud Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith
Keep cool; anger is not an argument.
—Daniel Webster (1782–1852) American Statesman, Lawyer
Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.
—Buddhist Teaching
Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.
—Yoda Character In ‘Star Wars’
A string of reproaches against other people leads one to suspect the existence of a string of self-reproaches with the same content.
—Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Austrian Psychiatrist, Psychoanalytic
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
We, the lineal representatives of the successful enactors of one scene of slaughter after another, must, whatever more pacific virtues we may also possess, still carry about with us, ready at any moment to burst into flame, the smoldering and sinister traits of character by means of which they lived through so many massacres, harming others, but themselves unharmed.
—William James (1842–1910) American Philosopher, Psychologist, Physician
Anger 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’Amour (1908–88) American Novelist, Short-story Writer
The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.
—John Ruskin (1819–1900) English Writer, Art Critic
When a man sends you an impudent letter, sit right down and give it back to him with interest ten times compounded, and then throw both letters in the wastebasket.
—Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American Writer, Publisher, Artist, Philosopher
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
Anger as soon as fed is dead, ’tis starving makes it fat.
—Emily Dickinson (1830–86) American Poet
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
Anger is one of the sinews of the soul; he that wants it hath a maimed mind.
—Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian