Famous Quotes about Anger

“ A person in danger should not try to escape at one stroke. He should first calmly hold his own, then be satisfied with small gains, which will come by creative adaptations. ”
I Ching

“ Anger is a waist of time, energy and life. It will waist you time, empty your energy and shorten your life. ”
J.Kleykamp

“ Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. ”
Sir Francis Bacon

“ 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. ”
Buddha

“ Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not easy. ”
Aristotle

“ Do not speak harshly to any one; those who are spoken to will answer thee in the same way. Angry speech is painful: blows for blows will touch thee. ”
The Dhammapada

“ Great anger is more destructive than the sword. ”
Indian Proverb

“ 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

“ Holding 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. ”
Buddha

“ I was angry with my friend I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow. ”
William Blake

“ If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ”
Chinese proverb

“ Innumerable voices have been asserting for some time now that human society is passing through a crisis, that its stability has been gravely shattered. It is characteristic of such a situation that individuals feel indifferent or even hostile toward the group, small or large, to which they belong. In order to illustrate my meaning, let me record here a personal experience. I recently discussed with an intelligent and well-disposed man the threat of another war, which in my opinion would seriously endanger the existence of mankind, and I remarked that only a supranational organization would offer protection from that danger. Thereupon my visitor, very calmly and coolly, said to me: "Why are you so deeply opposed to the disappearance of the human race? ”
Albert Einstein

“ It is easy to fly into a passion - anybody can do that - but to be angry with the right person and at the right time and with the right object and in the right way - that is not easy, and it is not everyone who can do it. ”
Aristotle

“ My mother groan'd, my father wept Into the dangerous world I leapt, Helpless, naked, piping load, Like a friend hid in a cloud. ”
William Blake

“ No plain not followed by a slope. No going not followed by a return. He who remains persevering in danger is without blame. Do not complain about this truth; Enjoy the good fortune you still possess. ”
I Ching