# Quotes about anger

- Quotes: 132
- Authors: 97
- Topic page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger
- JSON version (same data): https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.json

## Quotes

> Her torments multiply, over and over her passion
>
> surges back into heaving waves of rage.

[Virgil](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil.md) · [The Aeneid](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil/the-aeneid.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil/the-aeneid/her-torments-multiply.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [passion](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/passion.md)

> Rage finds them arms.
>
> But then, if they chance to see a man among them,
>
> whose devotion and public service lend him weight,
>
> they stand there, stock-still with their ears alert as
>
> he rules their furor with his words and calms their passion.

[Virgil](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil.md) · [The Aeneid](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil/the-aeneid.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil/the-aeneid/rage-finds-them.md)

Topics: [words](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/words.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Can such resentment hold the minds of gods?

[Virgil](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil.md) · [The Aeneid](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil/the-aeneid.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil/the-aeneid/can-such-resentment.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> 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](https://www.leafyquotes.com/aristotle.md) · [Nicomachean Ethics](https://www.leafyquotes.com/aristotle/nicomachean-ethics.md) · p. 203 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/aristotle/nicomachean-ethics/any-one-can.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> We will first speak how the natural inclination and habit to be angry, may be attempted and calmed. Secondly, how the particular motions of anger may be repressed, or at least refrained from doing mischief. Thirdly, how to raise anger, or appease anger in another. For the first; there is no other way but to meditate, and ruminate well upon the effects of anger, how it troubles man's life. And the best time to do this, is to look back upon anger, when the fit is thoroughly over. Seneca saith well, That anger is like ruin, which breaks itself upon that it falls. The Scripture exhorteth us to possess our souls in patience. Whosoever is out of patience, is out of possession of his soul.

[Francis Bacon](https://www.leafyquotes.com/francis-bacon.md) · [The Essays](https://www.leafyquotes.com/francis-bacon/the-essays.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/francis-bacon/the-essays/we-will-first.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [patience](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/patience.md)

> To contain anger from mischief, though it take hold of a man, there be two things, whereof you must have special caution. The one, of extreme bitterness of words, especially if they be aculeate and proper; for cummunia maledicta are nothing so much; and again, that in anger a man reveal no secrets; for that, makes him not fit for society. The other, that you do not peremptorily break off, in any business, in a fit of anger; but howsoever you show bitterness, do not act anything, that is not revocable.

[Francis Bacon](https://www.leafyquotes.com/francis-bacon.md) · [The Essays](https://www.leafyquotes.com/francis-bacon/the-essays.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/francis-bacon/the-essays/to-contain-anger.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> To seek to extinguish anger utterly, is but a bravery of the Stoics. We have better oracles:Be angry, but sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your anger.

[Francis Bacon](https://www.leafyquotes.com/francis-bacon.md) · [The Essays](https://www.leafyquotes.com/francis-bacon/the-essays.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/francis-bacon/the-essays/to-seek-to-extinguish.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> For the second point; the causes and motives of anger, are chiefly three. First, to be too sensible of hurt; for no man is angry, that feels not himself hurt; and therefore tender and delicate persons must needs be oft angry; they have so many things to trouble them, which more robust natures have little sense of. The next is, the apprehension and construction of the injury offered, to be, in the circumstances thereof, full of contempt: for contempt is that, which putteth an edge upon anger, as much or more than the hurt itself. And therefore, when men are ingenious in picking out circumstances of contempt, they do kindle their anger much. Lastly, opinion of the touch of a man's reputation, doth multiply and sharpen anger.

[Francis Bacon](https://www.leafyquotes.com/francis-bacon.md) · [The Essays](https://www.leafyquotes.com/francis-bacon/the-essays.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/francis-bacon/the-essays/for-the-second.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Anger is the most useless emotion; destructive to the mind and hurtful of the heart.

[Stephen King](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-king.md) · [Song of Susannah](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-king/song-of-susannah.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-king/song-of-susannah/anger-is-the.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> We’re not going to be sad. We’re going to be angry until we die. It’s the only hope.

[Jane Smiley](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jane-smiley.md) · [A Thousand Acres](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jane-smiley/a-thousand-acres.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jane-smiley/a-thousand-acres/were-not-going.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> She felt better for all that. A good shouting at somebody always makes you feel better and in control, especially if you aren’t.

[Terry Pratchett](https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett.md) · [Nation](https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett/nation.md) · p. 130 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett/nation/she-felt-better.md)

Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> “Now let us bandy words no more,” said mother, very sweetly; “nothing is easier than sharp words, except to wish them unspoken.”

[R. D. Blackmore](https://www.leafyquotes.com/r-d-blackmore.md) · [Lorna Doone](https://www.leafyquotes.com/r-d-blackmore/lorna-doone.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/r-d-blackmore/lorna-doone/now-let-us-bandy.md)

Topics: [conversation](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/conversation.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> He decided in favor of life out of sheer spite and malice.

[Patrick Süskind](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patrick-suskind.md) · [Perfume](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patrick-suskind/perfume.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patrick-suskind/perfume/he-decided-in-favor.md)

Topics: [life](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/life.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> When you will not fly into a passion people know you are stronger than they are, because you are strong enough to hold in your rage, and they are not, and they say stupid things they wish they hadn't said afterward. There's nothing so strong as rage, except what makes you hold it in—that's stronger.

[Frances Hodgson Burnett](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frances-hodgson-burnett.md) · [A Little Princess](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frances-hodgson-burnett/a-little-princess.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frances-hodgson-burnett/a-little-princess/when-you-will.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [self-control](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/self-control.md)

> She remembered one of her therapists saying Anger is pain in a party mask. It had seemed wise at the time. She wasn’t sure if she agreed with it anymore. Maybe anger was a scab over a wound, or maybe it was what happened when the universe spun you so hard that you lost everything. Or maybe it was just a thing that welled up in you when you found yourself lying sleepless in the dark of a prison work camp with no idea what your future might be or if your past mattered.

[James S. A. Corey](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-s-a-corey.md) · [The Mercy of Gods](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-s-a-corey/the-mercy-of-gods.md) · p. 311 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-s-a-corey/the-mercy-of-gods/she-remembered-one.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Action led to action, free of any moorings, and the way to be someone, the way to catch the attention of the young and recruit them to one's cause, was to be enraged. It seemed as if the only way this lure of violence could be avoided was by having no causes, by being magnificently isolated from all loyalties. But was that not an ethical lapse graver than rage itself?

[Teju Cole](https://www.leafyquotes.com/teju-cole.md) · [Open City](https://www.leafyquotes.com/teju-cole/open-city.md) · p. 107 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/teju-cole/open-city/action-led-to-action.md)

Topics: [violence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/violence.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [loyalty](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/loyalty.md)

> This was bad behavior, and she knew it. She did it because she was angry and because she disliked herself. The more she disliked herself, the more she took it out on other people, and the more she took it out on other people the more she disliked herself.

[Lev Grossman](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lev-grossman.md) · [The Magician King](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lev-grossman/the-magician-king.md) · p. 236 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lev-grossman/the-magician-king/this-was-bad.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [self-acceptance](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/self-acceptance.md)

> By now he had learned enough to know that when he was getting annoyed at somebody else, it was usually because there was something that he himself should be doing, and he wasn’t doing it.

[Lev Grossman](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lev-grossman.md) · [The Magician King](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lev-grossman/the-magician-king.md) · p. 340 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lev-grossman/the-magician-king/by-now-he-had.md)

Topics: [self-knowledge](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/self-knowledge.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> One thing is certain: Yelling at someone who is already out of control can only lead to further dysregulation.

[Bessel van der Kolk](https://www.leafyquotes.com/bessel-van-der-kolk.md) · [The Body Keeps the Score](https://www.leafyquotes.com/bessel-van-der-kolk/the-body-keeps-the-score.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/bessel-van-der-kolk/the-body-keeps-the-score/one-thing-is-certain.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Got to give it all up, the pain, the hurt, the anger and make room for lovely things to rush in and fill you full.

[Toni Cade Bambara](https://www.leafyquotes.com/toni-cade-bambara.md) · [The Salt Eaters](https://www.leafyquotes.com/toni-cade-bambara/the-salt-eaters.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/toni-cade-bambara/the-salt-eaters/got-to-give.md)

Topics: [suffering](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/suffering.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> When your conversation partner is getting angry, the single best thing you can do in most circumstances is to stop whatever else you're doing and listen. It's very difficult to remain angry with someone who is patiently and earnestly listening, and if you break the cycle of frustrating dialogue early by switching to listening and learning, you can halt a great deal of your partner's mounting anger before it starts.

[Peter Boghossian](https://www.leafyquotes.com/peter-boghossian.md) · [How to Have Impossible Conversations](https://www.leafyquotes.com/peter-boghossian/how-to-have-impossible-conversations.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/peter-boghossian/how-to-have-impossible-conversations/when-your-conversation.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [listening](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/listening.md)

> When anyone asks me how I got involved in Buddhism, I always say it was because I was so angry with my husband... When that marriage fell apart, I tried hard—very, very hard—to go back to some kind of comfort, some kind of security, some kind of familiar resting place... I knew that annihilation of my old dependent, clinging self was the only way to go.

[Pema Chödrön](https://www.leafyquotes.com/pema-chodron.md) · [When Things Fall Apart](https://www.leafyquotes.com/pema-chodron/when-things-fall-apart.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/pema-chodron/when-things-fall-apart/when-anyone-asks.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [Buddhism](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/buddhism.md), [divorce](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/divorce.md)

> "No one but a fool would say that a man who seethes inside like a volcano is calm.
>
> I only know that when I see a man so tormented and cheated, and with such a look in his eyes, he is dangerous."

[John Wyndham](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham.md) · [Sleepers of Mars](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/sleepers-of-mars.md) · p. 47 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/sleepers-of-mars/no-one-but.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> The important thing is not to torment yourself with anger, hatred, fantasies of revenge, but to move instantly to acceptance. That can be hard.
>
> Russian: Главное – не терзать себя гневом, ненавистью, и фантазиями о мести. А мгновенно прийти к принятию. Это может быть очень непросто.

[Alexei Navalny](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alexei-navalny.md) · [Patriot](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alexei-navalny/patriot.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alexei-navalny/patriot/the-important-thing.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [acceptance](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/acceptance.md), [revenge](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/revenge.md)

> ANGER IS FEAR’S BODYGUARD, a poster in the hospital had read (Chapter 9, p110)

[Celeste Ng](https://www.leafyquotes.com/celeste-ng.md) · [Little Fires Everywhere](https://www.leafyquotes.com/celeste-ng/little-fires-everywhere.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/celeste-ng/little-fires-everywhere/anger-is-fears.md)

Topics: [fear](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/fear.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Cruelty walked the Warrens holding hands with poverty and rage.

[Brent Weeks](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brent-weeks.md) · [The Way Of Shadows](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brent-weeks/the-way-of-shadows.md) · p. 30 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brent-weeks/the-way-of-shadows/cruelty-walked-the.md)

Topics: [poverty](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/poverty.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [cruelty](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/cruelty.md)

> [A] bad-tempered man will never make a good-tempered horse.

[Anna Sewell](https://www.leafyquotes.com/anna-sewell.md) · [Black Beauty](https://www.leafyquotes.com/anna-sewell/black-beauty.md) · p. 36 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/anna-sewell/black-beauty/a-bad-tempered-man.md)

Topics: [animals](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/animals.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> He made his point well; but he made it too often. And an attack of that kind, personal and savage in its nature, loses its effect when it is evident that the words have been prepared. A good deal may be done in dispute by calling a man an ass or a knave, — but the resolve to use the words should have been made only at the moment, and they should come hot from the heart.

[Anthony Trollope](https://www.leafyquotes.com/anthony-trollope.md) · [Phineas Redux](https://www.leafyquotes.com/anthony-trollope/phineas-redux.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/anthony-trollope/phineas-redux/he-made-his.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> It may, indeed, be assumed that a man who loses his temper while he is speaking is endeavouring to speak the truth such as he believes it to be, and again it may be assumed that a man who speaks constantly without losing his temper is not always entitled to the same implicit faith.

[Anthony Trollope](https://www.leafyquotes.com/anthony-trollope.md) · [Phineas Redux](https://www.leafyquotes.com/anthony-trollope/phineas-redux.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/anthony-trollope/phineas-redux/it-may-indeed.md)

Topics: [truth](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/truth.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Rage and grief are savage companions, but despair is the final undoing.

[Mia Farrow](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mia-farrow.md) · [What Falls Away](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mia-farrow/what-falls-away.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mia-farrow/what-falls-away/rage-and-grief.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [despair](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/despair.md), [grief](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/grief.md)

> Refusing to forgive never made anyone feel better about anything. All you are doing is holding on to feelings of upset, anger and jealousy and that can never be good. I once read that being angry and unforgiving towards someone else is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

[Nigel Cumberland](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nigel-cumberland.md) · [100 Things Successful People Do](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nigel-cumberland/100-things-successful-people-do.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nigel-cumberland/100-things-successful-people-do/refusing-to-forgive.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [forgiveness](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/forgiveness.md)

> Epictetus goes much further when he asks: Why do we not lose our temper if someone tells us that we have a headache, while we do lose it if someone says there is anything wrong with our arguments or our choice?

[Blaise Pascal](https://www.leafyquotes.com/blaise-pascal.md) · [Pensees](https://www.leafyquotes.com/blaise-pascal/pensees.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/blaise-pascal/pensees/epictetus-goes-much.md)

Topics: [pride](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/pride.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans.

[Margaret J. Wheatley](https://www.leafyquotes.com/margaret-j-wheatley.md) · [Finding Our Way](https://www.leafyquotes.com/margaret-j-wheatley/finding-our-way.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/margaret-j-wheatley/finding-our-way/when-we-can.md)

Topics: [fear](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/fear.md), [violence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/violence.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> In our daily life, we encounter people who are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying their own needs. There is so much anger, distrust, greed, and pettiness that we are losing our capacity to work well together.

[Margaret J. Wheatley](https://www.leafyquotes.com/margaret-j-wheatley.md) · [Turning to One Another](https://www.leafyquotes.com/margaret-j-wheatley/turning-to-one-another.md) · p. 72 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/margaret-j-wheatley/turning-to-one-another/in-our-daily.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [greed](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/greed.md), [cooperation](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/cooperation.md)

> The old man told how he was now worthless and no good to anyone anymore because he was filled with despair, and despair was useless in times such as these. He told him to remain angry, because anger was more useful than despair and would deliver him. But to despair would surely lead to failure and tragedy.

[Robert Olmstead](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-olmstead.md) · [Coal Black Horse](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-olmstead/coal-black-horse.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-olmstead/coal-black-horse/the-old-man.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [despair](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/despair.md)

> He was not for that moment a human being, but a frenzied creature possessed by rage, turned into an animal. All that could be seen in him was the urge to hurt, and it was, as it will always be, the most dreadful sight in the world.

[Susan Cooper](https://www.leafyquotes.com/susan-cooper.md) · [The Grey King](https://www.leafyquotes.com/susan-cooper/the-grey-king.md) · p. 55 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/susan-cooper/the-grey-king/he-was-not.md)

Topics: [violence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/violence.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Bitterness is not a philosophy, friend. Outrage is not an ethic. Stop counting corpses and reach a truce with the universe, or you’ll be stuck on the dung heap forever.

[James Morrow](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow.md) · [Blameless in Abaddon](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow/blameless-in-abaddon.md) · p. 392 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow/blameless-in-abaddon/bitterness-is-not.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> It was fate, and being angry at fate was as futile as being angry at the weather.

[Ian McDonald](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-mcdonald.md) · [Desolation Road](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-mcdonald/desolation-road.md) · p. 116 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-mcdonald/desolation-road/it-was-fate.md)

Topics: [fate](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/fate.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Rage is caused by a conviction, almost comic in its optimistic origins (however tragic in its effects), that a given frustration has not been written into the contract of life.

[Alain de Botton](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alain-de-botton.md) · [The Consolations of Philosophy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alain-de-botton/the-consolations-of-philosophy.md) · p. 84 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alain-de-botton/the-consolations-of-philosophy/rage-is-caused.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> We will cease to be angry once we cease to be so hopeful.

[Alain de Botton](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alain-de-botton.md) · [The Consolations of Philosophy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alain-de-botton/the-consolations-of-philosophy.md) · p. 85 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alain-de-botton/the-consolations-of-philosophy/we-will-cease.md)

Topics: [hope](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/hope.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Our greatest furies spring from events which violate our sense of the ground of our existence.

[Alain de Botton](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alain-de-botton.md) · [The Consolations of Philosophy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alain-de-botton/the-consolations-of-philosophy.md) · p. 83 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alain-de-botton/the-consolations-of-philosophy/our-greatest-furies.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Never let anger, or outrage, or fear affect you. That is easy advice to give, but hard to follow. Men will bait you, they will laugh at you, they will jeer. But it is just noise, Kiall. They will hurt the people you love. They will do anything to make you angry or emotional. But the only way you can make them suffer is to win. And to do that you must remain cool.

[David Gemmell](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell.md) · [Quest for Lost Heroes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/quest-for-lost-heroes.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/quest-for-lost-heroes/never-let-anger.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [self-control](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/self-control.md)

> A man with wife and daughters has no place losing his temper.

[David Gemmell](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell.md) · [Legend](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/legend.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/legend/a-man-with.md)

Topics: [family](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/family.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> “Weird evening,” he said. “With this wind and all.”
>
> Gladhand nodded. “Several hundred years ago it was considered a valid defense in a murder trial if you could prove the Santa Ana wind was blowing when the murder was committed. The opinion was that the dry, hot wind made everybody so irritable that any murder was almost automatically excusable. Or so I’ve heard, anyway.”
>
> Thomas pondered it. “There might be something to that,” he said.
>
> “No,” Gladhand said. “There isn’t. Start sanctioning heat-of-anger crimes and you’ve lost the last hold on the set of conventions we call…society, civilization.”

[Tim Powers](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tim-powers.md) · [Epitaph in Rust](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tim-powers/epitaph-in-rust.md) · p. 230 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tim-powers/epitaph-in-rust/weird-evening-he-said.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [civilization](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/civilization.md)

> He was silent a moment, struggling. He said finally, “But you had a right to be angry.”
>
> “Yes. But not to hurt those I love, or myself.”

[Patricia A. McKillip](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patricia-a-mckillip.md) · [The Forgotten Beasts of Eld](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patricia-a-mckillip/the-forgotten-beasts-of-eld.md) · p. 322 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patricia-a-mckillip/the-forgotten-beasts-of-eld/he-was-silent.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.

[Patrick Rothfuss](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patrick-rothfuss.md) · [The Wise Man's Fear](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patrick-rothfuss/the-wise-mans-fear.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patrick-rothfuss/the-wise-mans-fear/there-are-three.md)

Topics: [wisdom](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> What’s true is that everyone is uncomfortable with expressing anger and being critical. Anger and criticism generates rejection. And everyone hates rejection.

[Warren Farrell](https://www.leafyquotes.com/warren-farrell.md) · [Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say](https://www.leafyquotes.com/warren-farrell/women-cant-hear-what-men-dont-say.md) · p. 21 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/warren-farrell/women-cant-hear-what-men-dont-say/whats-true-is-that.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [criticism](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/criticism.md)

> "I'm sorry. It's just-- you know me. I only have two reactions to bad news. Uncontrollable rage and then a sharp left turn into boiling self-hatred."

[Cassandra Clare](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cassandra-clare.md) · [City of Heavenly Fire](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cassandra-clare/city-of-heavenly-fire.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cassandra-clare/city-of-heavenly-fire/im-sorry-its.md)

Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you. He said, when you are pissed off at somebody, and you're angry at them, you just haven't given them enough time. Just give them a little more time — and they'll almost always impress you. And that really stuck with me. I think he's absolutely right on that one.

[Randy Pausch](https://www.leafyquotes.com/randy-pausch.md) · [The Last Lecture](https://www.leafyquotes.com/randy-pausch/the-last-lecture.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/randy-pausch/the-last-lecture/wait-long-enough.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [patience](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/patience.md)

> No one has ever been angry at another human being—we’re only angry at our story of them.

[Byron Katie](https://www.leafyquotes.com/byron-katie.md) · [Loving What Is](https://www.leafyquotes.com/byron-katie/loving-what-is.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/byron-katie/loving-what-is/no-one-has.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Today, I should think of something about myself that really annoys me, and I should try to change it. Then, when I fail to change it, I can be annoyed by that as well. Then, I can be annoyed about how easily I get annoyed. Then I can get angry.

[John S. Hall](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-s-hall.md) · [Daily Negations](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-s-hall/daily-negations.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-s-hall/daily-negations/today-i-should.md)

Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Nothing makes you madder than wanting to defend yourself against something you can't even get hold of, something the human race is doing to you, but still there's nobody you can grab by the throat.

[Stefan Zweig](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stefan-zweig.md) · [The Post-Office Girl](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stefan-zweig/the-post-office-girl.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stefan-zweig/the-post-office-girl/nothing-makes-you.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Anger makes one not only malign but sharp-sighted.

[Stefan Zweig](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stefan-zweig.md) · [Beware of Pity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stefan-zweig/beware-of-pity.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stefan-zweig/beware-of-pity/anger-makes-one.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.

[Mark Twain](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-twain.md) · [Pudd'nhead Wilson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-twain/puddnhead-wilson.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-twain/puddnhead-wilson/when-angry-count.md)

Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> “Don’t lose your temper,” said Ruell evenly. “It’s your worst fault, except for ignorance.”

[Damon Knight](https://www.leafyquotes.com/damon-knight.md) · [A for Anything](https://www.leafyquotes.com/damon-knight/a-for-anything.md) · p. 88 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/damon-knight/a-for-anything/dont-lose-your.md)

Topics: [ignorance](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/ignorance.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> When a lady condescends to apologize, there is no keeping one’s anger.

[Anne Brontë](https://www.leafyquotes.com/anne-bronte.md) · [The Tenant of Wildfell Hall](https://www.leafyquotes.com/anne-bronte/the-tenant-of-wildfell-hall.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/anne-bronte/the-tenant-of-wildfell-hall/when-a-lady-condescends.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [apologies](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/apologies.md)

> I closed my eyes, put blinders on, and ignored what was too painful to think about. I tried to view my troubles less seriously, and worry less. I tried to curb my temper. Things said in embarrassment and anger are seldom the truth, but are said to hurt and wound the other person. Once said, they can never be taken back.

[Lucille Ball](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lucille-ball.md) · [Love, Lucy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lucille-ball/love-lucy.md) · p. 141 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lucille-ball/love-lucy/i-closed-my-eyes.md)

Topics: [words](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/words.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> When you're too mad and too rattled to see straight, you're bound to make mistakes. You can't go on and on for years being miserable about a situation and not have it change you. You get so you can't stand yourself.

[Lucille Ball](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lucille-ball.md) · [Love, Lucy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lucille-ball/love-lucy.md) · p. 212 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lucille-ball/love-lucy/when-youre-too.md)

Topics: [mistakes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/mistakes.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> If you make your heart into a weapon, you always end up using it on yourself.

[Gregory David Roberts](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-david-roberts.md) · [Shantaram](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-david-roberts/shantaram.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-david-roberts/shantaram/if-you-make.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> When women are angry at men, they call them heartless. When men are angry at women, they call them crazy.

[Susanna Kaysen](https://www.leafyquotes.com/susanna-kaysen.md) · [Girl, Interrupted](https://www.leafyquotes.com/susanna-kaysen/girl-interrupted.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/susanna-kaysen/girl-interrupted/when-women-are.md)

Topics: [women](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/women.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [men](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/men.md)

> It's when you feel like this that, out of resentment, you begin to bump people back. And, let me confess, you feel that way most of the time. You ache with the need to convince yourself that you do exist in the real world, that you're a part of all the sound and anguish, and you strike out with your fists, you curse and you swear to make them recognize you. And, alas, it's seldom successful.

[Ralph Ellison](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ralph-ellison.md) · [Invisible Man](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ralph-ellison/invisible-man.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ralph-ellison/invisible-man/its-when-you.md)

Topics: [identity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/identity.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> On this purely practical issue he judged massacre wasteful and even contrary as a method of control. Fear lasted a week, anger a year and resentment a lifetime, he’d held.

[Iain M. Banks](https://www.leafyquotes.com/iain-m-banks.md) · [Matter](https://www.leafyquotes.com/iain-m-banks/matter.md) · p. 305 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/iain-m-banks/matter/on-this-purely.md)

Topics: [fear](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/fear.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [resentment](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/resentment.md)

> Any woman who is sure of her own wits, is a match, at any time, for a man who is not sure of his own temper.

[Wilkie Collins](https://www.leafyquotes.com/wilkie-collins.md) · [The Woman in White](https://www.leafyquotes.com/wilkie-collins/the-woman-in-white.md) · p. 224 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/wilkie-collins/the-woman-in-white/any-woman-who.md)

Topics: [women](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/women.md), [intelligence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/intelligence.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> "it's easier to be mad at the people you trust. Because you know they'll always love you, no matter what."

[Ann Brashares](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ann-brashares.md) · [The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ann-brashares/the-sisterhood-of-the-traveling-pants.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ann-brashares/the-sisterhood-of-the-traveling-pants/its-easier-to-be-mad.md)

Topics: [love](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/love.md), [trust](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/trust.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Those who choose a love that can never be fulfilled will be hounded by a rage that can never be extinguished.

[Cormac McCarthy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cormac-mccarthy.md) · [Stella Maris](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cormac-mccarthy/stella-maris.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cormac-mccarthy/stella-maris/those-who-choose.md)

Topics: [love](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/love.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Rage is only for what you believe can be fixed. All the rest is grief.

[Cormac McCarthy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cormac-mccarthy.md) · [Stella Maris](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cormac-mccarthy/stella-maris.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cormac-mccarthy/stella-maris/rage-is-only.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [grief](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/grief.md)

> There is a lot of anger, frustration, and misunderstanding in the peace movement. The peace movement can write very good protest letters, but they are not yet able to write a love letter. We need to learn to write a letter to the Congress or to the president of the United States that they will want to read, and not just throw away. The way you speak, the kind of understanding, the kind of language you use should not turn people off. The president is a person like any of us.

[Thich Nhat Hanh](https://www.leafyquotes.com/thich-nhat-hanh.md) · [Being Peace](https://www.leafyquotes.com/thich-nhat-hanh/being-peace.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/thich-nhat-hanh/being-peace/there-is-a-lot.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [peace](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/peace.md)

> Then said a Second — "Ne'er a peevish Boy
>
> Would break the Bowl from which he drank in joy,
>
> And He that with his hand the Vessel made
>
> Will surely not in after Wrath destroy."

[Omar Khayyam](https://www.leafyquotes.com/omar-khayyam.md) · [Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam](https://www.leafyquotes.com/omar-khayyam/rubaiyat-of-omar-khayyam.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/omar-khayyam/rubaiyat-of-omar-khayyam/then-said-a-second.md)

Topics: [god](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/god.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> A man who gets angry at the truth will have a hard time in life, don’t you think?

[Harry Turtledove](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove.md) · [Beyond the Gap](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/beyond-the-gap.md) · p. 81 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/beyond-the-gap/a-man-who.md)

Topics: [truth](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/truth.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Where cool heads had failed, hotheads prevailed.

[Harry Turtledove](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove.md) · [Settling Accounts: Return Engagement](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/settling-accounts-return-engagement.md) · p. 146 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/settling-accounts-return-engagement/where-cool-heads.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [peace of mind](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/peace-of-mind.md)

> A low murmur came from his audience, more frightening in its way than the fury they had shown before. Fury didn’t last. Now Lincoln was making them think. Thought was slower than anger to flower into action, but it was a hardy perennial. It did not bloom and die.

[Harry Turtledove](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove.md) · [How Few Remain](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/how-few-remain.md) · p. 21 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/how-few-remain/a-low-murmur.md)

Topics: [thinking](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/thinking.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> But truth is not spoken in anger. Truth is spoken, if it ever comes to be spoken, in love.

[J. M. Coetzee](https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-m-coetzee.md) · [Slow Man](https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-m-coetzee/slow-man.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-m-coetzee/slow-man/but-truth-is-not.md)

Topics: [love](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/love.md), [truth](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/truth.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> We all know men who are angry at everything, simply because they prefer to be angry at everything. Often, they self-destruct, and sometimes they take other people with them.

[Sheri S. Tepper](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper.md) · [Six Moon Dance](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/six-moon-dance.md) · p. 79 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/six-moon-dance/we-all-know.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Some people, more often men, spend their entire lives awash in bitterness. They rage against injustices done to their forefathers, perhaps centuries in the past. They rage against injustices done to their countrymen, their families. They rage against people who are unlike themselves, who, by virtue of their difference, must be up to no good. They rage against people who are like themselves who do not share their views. They rage against their parents, their wives, their children, and against anyone who is sympathetic to any of these. Their rage is a screen between them and the world, behind which they huddle over their egos, like a caveman over his fire, unable to see out through the smoke.

[Sheri S. Tepper](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper.md) · [Six Moon Dance](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/six-moon-dance.md) · p. 78 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/six-moon-dance/some-people-more.md)

Topics: [hatred](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/hatred.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [resentment](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/resentment.md)

> Madame says when we focus on our anger, our vision begins to constrict. Soon we are caught up in fury, and we turn it upon everyone.

[Sheri S. Tepper](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper.md) · [Six Moon Dance](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/six-moon-dance.md) · p. 514 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/six-moon-dance/madame-says-when.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> I have often wondered why anger is considered by some Western religions to be a sin. It is such a marvelous protection against evil.

[Sheri S. Tepper](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper.md) · [Marianne, the Magus and the Manticore](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/marianne-the-magus-and-the-manticore.md) · p. 45 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/marianne-the-magus-and-the-manticore/i-have-often.md)

Topics: [evil](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/evil.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> They were betrayed, Oracle. Ganver tells me there is no anger greater than that of a zealot betrayed.

[Sheri S. Tepper](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper.md) · [Jinian Star-Eye](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/jinian-star-eye.md) · p. 227 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/jinian-star-eye/they-were-betrayed.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [fanaticism](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/fanaticism.md), [betrayal](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/betrayal.md)

> Call for the grandest of all earthly spectacles, what is that? It is the sun going to his rest. Call for the grandest of all human sentiments, what is that? It is that man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.

[Thomas Dequincey](https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-dequincey.md) · [Confessions of an English Opium-Eater](https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-dequincey/confessions-of-an-english-opium-eater.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-dequincey/confessions-of-an-english-opium-eater/call-for-the.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [forgiveness](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/forgiveness.md)

> "When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing." (p.275)

[Octavia E. Butler](https://www.leafyquotes.com/octavia-e-butler.md) · [Fledgling](https://www.leafyquotes.com/octavia-e-butler/fledgling.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/octavia-e-butler/fledgling/when-your-rage.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [silence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/silence.md)

> Now that I'm angry at Harold, it's hard to remember what was so remarkable about him.

[Amy Tan](https://www.leafyquotes.com/amy-tan.md) · [The Joy Luck Club](https://www.leafyquotes.com/amy-tan/the-joy-luck-club.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/amy-tan/the-joy-luck-club/now-that-im-angry.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> I think I instinctively understood that my most important duty was to be a target. People were desperate to vent their anger, and if they could yell at a united States senator, all the better. Part of being a public servant, I came to understand in 1978, was absorbing the anger of people who don't know where to turn. If I couldn't solve the problem for them, I had to at least be an outlet.

[Joe Biden](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joe-biden.md) · [Promises to Keep](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joe-biden/promises-to-keep.md) · p. 127 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joe-biden/promises-to-keep/i-think-i-instinctively.md)

Topics: [politics](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/politics.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> I liked to go at night when I thought there was a better chance of finding a fight. I was always looking for a fight. I had not known I was capable of such rage. I knew I had been cheated of a future, but I felt I'd been cheated of a past, too. The underpinnings of my life had been kicked out from under me... and it wasn't just the loss of Neilia and Naomi. All my life I'd been taught about our benevolent God. This is a forgiving God, a just God, a God who knows people make mistakes. This is a God who is tolerant. This is a God who gave us free will to be able to doubt. This was a loving God, a God of comfort. Well, I didn't want to hear anything about a merciful God. No words, no prayer, no sermon gave me ease. I felt God had played a horrible trick on me, and I was angry. I found no comfort in the Church. So I kept walking the dark streets to try to exhaust the rage.

[Joe Biden](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joe-biden.md) · [Promises to Keep](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joe-biden/promises-to-keep.md) · p. 81 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joe-biden/promises-to-keep/i-liked-to.md)

Topics: [god](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/god.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [grief](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/grief.md)

> Indignation is a drug that burns long and hot.

[David Brin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin.md) · [Kil’n People](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin/kiln-people.md) · p. 389 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin/kiln-people/indignation-is-a-drug.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.

[Thomas Kempis](https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-kempis.md) · [The Imitation of Christ](https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-kempis/the-imitation-of-christ.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-kempis/the-imitation-of-christ/be-not-angry.md)

Topics: [self-knowledge](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/self-knowledge.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves.

[Mitch Albom](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mitch-albom.md) · [The Five People You Meet in Heaven](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mitch-albom/the-five-people-you-meet-in-heaven.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mitch-albom/the-five-people-you-meet-in-heaven/holding-anger-is-a-poison.md)

Topics: [hatred](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/hatred.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> I never mind choler in a man if he have also honesty and good sense.

[John Buchan](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-buchan.md) · [Salute to Adventurers](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-buchan/salute-to-adventurers.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-buchan/salute-to-adventurers/i-never-mind.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [honesty](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/honesty.md)

> I decided to run for governor because I got mad.... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.

[Jesse Ventura](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura.md) · [I Ain't Got Time to Bleed](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura/i-aint-got-time-to-bleed.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura/i-aint-got-time-to-bleed/i-decided-to-run.md)

Topics: [politics](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/politics.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> How true it is when they say there is nothing which makes a man more furious than the discovery that he has deceived himself!

[Michael Moorcock](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock.md) · [The Dragon in the Sword](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-dragon-in-the-sword.md) · p. 509 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-dragon-in-the-sword/how-true-it-is-when.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [self-deception](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/self-deception-2.md)

> I myself cried when I got angry, then became unable to explain why I was angry in the first place. Later I would discover this was endemic among female human beings. Anger is supposed to be "unfeminine" so we suppress it -until it overflows. I could see that not speaking up made my mother feel worse. This was my first hint of the truism that depression is anger turned inward; thus women are twice as likely to be depressed. My mother paid a high price for caring so much, yet being able to do so little about it. In this way, she led me toward am activist place where she herself could never go.

[Gloria Steinem](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gloria-steinem.md) · [My Life on the Road](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gloria-steinem/my-life-on-the-road.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gloria-steinem/my-life-on-the-road/i-myself-cried.md)

Topics: [women](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/women.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [feminism](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/feminism.md), [depression](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/depression.md)

> He resolved not to speak again until he had controlled his temper.

[Ursula K. Le Guin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ursula-k-le-guin.md) · [The Farthest Shore](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ursula-k-le-guin/the-farthest-shore.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ursula-k-le-guin/the-farthest-shore/he-resolved-not.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [self-control](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/self-control.md)

> To California or any place—every one a drum major leading a parade of hurts, marching with our bitterness. And some day—the armies of bitterness will all be going the same way. And they'll all walk together, and there'll be a dead terror from it.

[John Steinbeck](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-steinbeck.md) · [The Grapes of Wrath](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-steinbeck/the-grapes-of-wrath.md) · p. 91 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-steinbeck/the-grapes-of-wrath/to-california-or-any.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> The works of the roots of the vines, of the trees, must be destroyed to keep up the price, and this is the saddest, bitterest thing of all. Carloads of oranges dumped on the ground. The people came for miles to take the fruit, but this could not be. How would they buy oranges at twenty cents a dozen if they could drive out and pick them up? And men with hoses squirt kerosene on the oranges, and they are angry at the crime, angry at the people who have come to take the fruit. A million people hungry, needing the fruit—and kerosene sprayed over the golden mountains.
>
> And the smell of rot fills the country.
>
> Burn coffee for fuel in the ships. Burn corn to keep warm, it makes a hot fire. Dump potatoes in the rivers and place guards along the banks to keep the hungry people from fishing them out. Slaughter the pigs and bury them, and let the putrescence drip down into the earth.
>
> There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success. The fertile earth, the straight tree rows, the sturdy trunks, and the ripe fruit. And children dying of pellagra must die because a profit cannot be taken from an orange. And coroners must fill in the certificates—died of malnutrition—because the food must rot, must be forced to rot.
>
> The people come with nets to fish for potatoes in the river, and the guards hold them back; they come in rattling cars to get the dumped oranges, but the kerosene is sprayed. And they stand still and watch the potatoes float by, listen to the screaming pigs being killed in a ditch and covered with quicklime, watch the mountains of oranges slop down to a putrefying ooze; and in the eyes of the people there is the failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.

[John Steinbeck](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-steinbeck.md) · [The Grapes of Wrath](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-steinbeck/the-grapes-of-wrath.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-steinbeck/the-grapes-of-wrath/the-works-of-the.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [greed](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/greed.md), [hunger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/hunger.md)

> Men who have created new fruits in the world cannot create a system whereby their fruits may be eaten. And the failure hangs over the State like a great sorrow. ...and in the eyes of the people there is the failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.

[John Steinbeck](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-steinbeck.md) · [The Grapes of Wrath](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-steinbeck/the-grapes-of-wrath.md) · p. 349 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-steinbeck/the-grapes-of-wrath/men-who-have.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [hunger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/hunger.md)

> "Don't ever get angry at a man for stating the truth."

[Ayn Rand](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ayn-rand.md) · [Atlas Shrugged](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ayn-rand/atlas-shrugged.md) · p. 297 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ayn-rand/atlas-shrugged/dont-ever-get.md)

Topics: [truth](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/truth.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Perhaps His experiment went spectacularly wrong, sir. Perhaps He's just baffled. Seeing the mess, not knowing how to put it right. Perhaps not wanting to put it right. Perhaps He only had enough power left for one final intervention. So He made it. Whoever He is, whatever He is, I hope he burns in His own Hell.

[P.D. James](https://www.leafyquotes.com/pd-james.md) · [The Children of Men](https://www.leafyquotes.com/pd-james/the-children-of-men.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/pd-james/the-children-of-men/perhaps-his-experiment.md)

Topics: [god](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/god.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> “I love Omar, Jack. We all know about men and their insane rage. This is something men are very good at. Insane and violent jealousy. Homicidal rage. When people are good at something, it’s only natural that they look for a chance to do this thing. If I were good at it, I would do it. It happens I’m not. So instead of going into homicidal rages, I read to the blind. In other words I know my limits. I am willing to settle for less.” – Babette.

[Don DeLillo](https://www.leafyquotes.com/don-delillo.md) · [White Noise](https://www.leafyquotes.com/don-delillo/white-noise.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/don-delillo/white-noise/i-love-omar.md)

Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [jealousy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/jealousy.md)

> Here then at long last is my darkness. No cry of light, no glimmer, not even the faintest shard of hope to break free across the hold.
>
> I will become, have become, a creature unstirred by history, no longer moved by the present, just hungry, blind and at long last filled of mindless wrath.

[Mark Z. Danielewski](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-z-danielewski.md) · [House of Leaves](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-z-danielewski/house-of-leaves.md) · p. 497 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-z-danielewski/house-of-leaves/here-then-at-long.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [despair](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/despair.md)

> Nonviolence does not necessarily emerge from a pacific or calm part of the soul. Very often it is an expression of rage, indignation, and aggression.

[Judith Butler](https://www.leafyquotes.com/judith-butler.md) · [The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind](https://www.leafyquotes.com/judith-butler/the-force-of-nonviolence-an-ethico-political-bind.md) · p. 21 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/judith-butler/the-force-of-nonviolence-an-ethico-political-bind/nonviolence-does-not.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [pacifism](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/pacifism.md)

> "Yisgadal, veyiskadash, shmey raba...May His name be celebrated and sanctified..." whispered my father.
>
> For the first time, I felt anger rising within me. Why should I sanctify His name? The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank Him for?

[Elie Wiesel](https://www.leafyquotes.com/elie-wiesel.md) · [Night](https://www.leafyquotes.com/elie-wiesel/night.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/elie-wiesel/night/yisgadal-veyiskadash-shmey.md)

Topics: [god](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/god.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Courage (in a soldier) is maintained by a certain anger; anger is a little blind and likes to strike out. And from this follows a thousand abuses, a thousand evils and misfortunes that are impossible to predict in an army during war.

[Joseph Joubert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joseph-joubert.md) · [The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joseph-joubert/the-notebooks-of-joseph-joubert.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joseph-joubert/the-notebooks-of-joseph-joubert/courage-in-a-soldier.md)

Topics: [war](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/war.md), [courage](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/courage.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Let anger pass, make a place for it; do not impede its progress; do not disturb its development, give it the time it needs to die out, open a wide path for it.

[Joseph Joubert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joseph-joubert.md) · [The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joseph-joubert/the-notebooks-of-joseph-joubert.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joseph-joubert/the-notebooks-of-joseph-joubert/let-anger-pass.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Anger makes us adroit.

[Joseph Joubert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joseph-joubert.md) · [The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joseph-joubert/the-notebooks-of-joseph-joubert.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joseph-joubert/the-notebooks-of-joseph-joubert/anger-makes-us-adroit.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> We can shoot rockets into space but we can’t cure anger or discontent.

[John Steinbeck](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-steinbeck.md) · [The Winter of Our Discontent](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-steinbeck/the-winter-of-our-discontent.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-steinbeck/the-winter-of-our-discontent/we-can-shoot.md)

Topics: [technology](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/technology.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Hatred and anger are the greatest poison to the happiness of a good mind.

[Adam Smith](https://www.leafyquotes.com/adam-smith.md) · [The Theory of Moral Sentiments](https://www.leafyquotes.com/adam-smith/the-theory-of-moral-sentiments.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/adam-smith/the-theory-of-moral-sentiments/hatred-and-anger.md)

Topics: [hatred](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/hatred.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Furor arma ministrat.

[Virgil](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil.md) · [The Aeneid](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil/the-aeneid.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil/the-aeneid/furor-arma-ministrat.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Naked anger may sometimes be seen in priests of the Church of Rome, but the Church of England prefers the icy smile, the false bonhomie, the sword concealed in the palm-branch.

[Robertson Davies](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robertson-davies.md) · [The Cunning Man](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robertson-davies/the-cunning-man.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robertson-davies/the-cunning-man/naked-anger-may.md)

Topics: [religion](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/religion.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> One mode of emotional excitability is exceedingly important in the composition of the energetic character, from its peculiarly destructive power over inhibitions. I mean what in its lower form is mere irascibility, susceptibility to wrath, the fighting temper; and what in subtler ways manifests itself as impatience, grimness, earnestness, severity of character. Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain. The pain may be pain to other people or pain to one's self — it makes little difference; for when the strenuous mood is on one, the aim is to break something, no matter whose or what. Nothing annihilates an inhibition as irresistibly as anger does it; for, as Moltke says of war, destruction pure and simple is its essence.

[William James](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-james.md) · [The Varieties of Religious Experience](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-james/the-varieties-of-religious-experience.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-james/the-varieties-of-religious-experience/one-mode-of-emotional.md)

Topics: [character](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/character.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> You think your temper is the worst in the world, but mine used to be just like it. … I've been trying to cure it for forty years, and have only succeeded in controlling it. I am angry nearly every day of my life, but I have learned not to show it; and I still try to hope not to feel it, though it may take me another forty years to do it. … I've learned to check the hasty words that rise to my lips, and when I feel that they mean to break out against my will, I just go away for a minute, and give myself a little shake for being so weak and wicked.

[Louisa May Alcott](https://www.leafyquotes.com/louisa-may-alcott.md) · [Little Women](https://www.leafyquotes.com/louisa-may-alcott/little-women.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/louisa-may-alcott/little-women/you-think-your.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [self-control](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/self-control.md)

> Wisdom includes not getting angry unnecessarily. The Law ignores trifles and the wise man does, too.

[Robert A. Heinlein](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein.md) · [Job: A Comedy of Justice](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/job-a-comedy-of-justice.md) · p. 278 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/job-a-comedy-of-justice/wisdom-includes-not.md)

Topics: [wisdom](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Let this be a lesson to you. Learn by my bad example. Never let an oaf cause you to lose your judgment.

[Robert A. Heinlein](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein.md) · [Job: A Comedy of Justice](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/job-a-comedy-of-justice.md) · p. 4 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/job-a-comedy-of-justice/let-this-be-a-lesson.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [advice](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/advice.md)

> It would be impossible to get through the kind of life that I have known without accumulating a vast unused stockpile of rage. Retaliation, though, was a luxury I could never afford. On the physical level I was too feeble. On any other I was not rich enough. I never dared to be rude to anyone. I never knew that I might not need him later. Long after fantasies of sexual excess had ceased to torment me, my imagination was inflamed by lurid day-dreams of having my revenge on the world.

[Quentin Crisp](https://www.leafyquotes.com/quentin-crisp.md) · [The Naked Civil Servant](https://www.leafyquotes.com/quentin-crisp/the-naked-civil-servant.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/quentin-crisp/the-naked-civil-servant/it-would-be-impossible.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [revenge](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/revenge.md)

> When I started meditating, I was filled with anxieties and fears. I felt a sense of depression and anger.
>
> I often took out this anger on my first wife. After I had been meditating for about two weeks, she came to me and said, "What's going on?" I was quiet for a moment. But finally I said, "What do you mean?" And she said, "This anger, where did it go?" And I hadn't even realized that it had lifted.
>
> I call that depression and anger the Suffocating Rubber Clown Suit of Negativity. It's suffocating, and that rubber stinks. But once you start meditating and diving within, the clown suit starts to dissolve. You finally realize how putrid was the stink when it starts to go. Then, when it dissolves, you have freedom.
>
> Anger and depression and sorrow are beautiful things in a story, but they are like poison to the filmmaker or artist. They are like a vise grip on creativity. If you're in that grip, you can hardly get out of bed, much less experience the flow of creativity and ideas. You must have clarity to create. You have to be able to catch ideas.

[David J. Lynch](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-j-lynch.md) · [Catching the Big Fish](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-j-lynch/catching-the-big-fish.md) · p. 8 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-j-lynch/catching-the-big-fish/when-i-started.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [depression](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/depression.md), [meditation](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/meditation.md)

> Your Lord knows very well what is in your heart. Your soul suffices this day as a reckoner against you. I need no witnesses. You do not listen to your soul, but instead to your anger and your rage.

[Frank Herbert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert.md) · [God Emperor of Dune](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/god-emperor-of-dune.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/god-emperor-of-dune/your-lord-knows.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [soul](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/soul.md)

> Anger is one thing, violence another.

[Frank Herbert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert.md) · [Dune](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/dune.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/dune/anger-is-one.md)

Topics: [violence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/violence.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> An Emperor's slightest dislike is transmitted to those who serve him, and there it is amplified into rage.

[Frank Herbert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert.md) · [Dune](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/dune.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/dune/an-emperors-slightest.md)

Topics: [power](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/power.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.

[Frank Herbert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert.md) · [Dune](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/dune.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/dune/how-often-it-is-that.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [self-deception](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/self-deception.md)

> A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty; but a fools wrath is heavier than them both.

[Frank Herbert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert.md) · [Dune](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/dune.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/dune/a-stone-is-heavy.md)

Topics: [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Men took weapons in those days and slew one another for little cause; for they were become quick to anger, and Sauron, or those whom he had bound to himself, went about the land setting man against man, so that the people murmured against the King and the lords, or against any that had aught that they had not; and the men of power took cruel revenge.

[J. R. R. Tolkien](https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-r-r-tolkien.md) · [The Silmarillion](https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-r-r-tolkien/the-silmarillion.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-r-r-tolkien/the-silmarillion/men-took-weapons.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [revenge](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/revenge.md)

> Proponents of doctrinal religions—ones in which a particular body of belief is prized and infidels scorned—will be threatened by the courageous pursuit of knowledge. We hear from such people that it may be dangerous to probe too deeply. Many people have inherited their religion like their eye color: they consider it not a thing to think very deeply about, and in any case beyond our control. But those with a set of beliefs they profess to feel deeply about, which they have selected without an unbiased sifting through the facts and the alternatives, will feel uncomfortably challenged by searching questions. Anger at queries about our beliefs is the body's warning signal: here lies unexamined and probably dangerous doctrinal baggage.

[Carl Sagan](https://www.leafyquotes.com/carl-sagan.md) · [Broca's Brain](https://www.leafyquotes.com/carl-sagan/brocas-brain.md) · p. 339 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/carl-sagan/brocas-brain/proponents-of-doctrinal.md)

Topics: [religion](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/religion.md), [knowledge](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/knowledge.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Throw away thy rod;
>
> Though man frailties hath,
>
> Thou art God:
>
> Throw away thy wrath.

[George Herbert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-herbert.md) · [The Temple](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-herbert/the-temple.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-herbert/the-temple/throw-away-thy-rod.md)

Topics: [god](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/god.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [mercy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/mercy.md)

> Then let wrath remove;
>
> Love will do the deed:
>
> For with love
>
> Stony hearts will bleed.

[George Herbert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-herbert.md) · [The Temple](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-herbert/the-temple.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-herbert/the-temple/then-let-wrath.md)

Topics: [love](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/love.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Throw away thy rod,
>
> Throw away thy wrath:
>
> O my God,
>
> Take the gentle path.

[George Herbert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-herbert.md) · [The Temple](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-herbert/the-temple.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-herbert/the-temple/throw-away-thy.md)

Topics: [god](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/god.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [mercy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/mercy.md)

> Grief and disappointment give rise to anger, anger to envy, envy to malice, and malice to grief again, till the whole circle be completed.

[David Hume](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-hume.md) · [A Treatise of Human Nature](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-hume/a-treatise-of-human-nature.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-hume/a-treatise-of-human-nature/grief-and-disappointment.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [sadness](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sadness.md), [jealousy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/jealousy.md)

> Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love...

[George Eliot](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-eliot.md) · [The Mill on the Floss](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-eliot/the-mill-on-the-floss.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-eliot/the-mill-on-the-floss/anger-and-jealousy.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [jealousy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/jealousy.md)

> Buddhism calls anger "corruption of the mind," Manicheism "root of the tree of death." I know this, but what good does it do me to know?

[Emil Cioran](https://www.leafyquotes.com/emil-cioran.md) · [The Trouble With Being Born](https://www.leafyquotes.com/emil-cioran/the-trouble-with-being-born.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/emil-cioran/the-trouble-with-being-born/buddhism-calls-anger.md)

Topics: [knowledge](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/knowledge.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [Buddhism](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/buddhism.md)

> Late at night. I feel like falling into a frenzy, doing some unprecedented thing to release myself, but I don't see against whom, against what...

[Emil Cioran](https://www.leafyquotes.com/emil-cioran.md) · [The Trouble With Being Born](https://www.leafyquotes.com/emil-cioran/the-trouble-with-being-born.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/emil-cioran/the-trouble-with-being-born/late-at-night.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> The explosive passions produce a great effect upon the child when he sees them; their outward expression is very marked; he is struck by this and his attention is arrested. Anger especially is so noisy in its rage that it is impossible not to perceive it if you are within reach. You need not ask yourself whether this is an opportunity for a pedagogue to frame a fine disquisition. What! no fine disquisition, nothing, not a word! Let the child come to you; impressed by what he has seen, he will not fail to ask you questions. The answer is easy; it is drawn from the very things which have appealed to his senses. He sees a flushed face, flashing eyes, a threatening gesture, he hears cries; everything shows that the body is ill at ease. Tell him plainly, without affectation or mystery, "This poor man is ill, he is in a fever." You may take the opportunity of giving him in a few words some idea of disease and its effects; for that too belongs to nature, and is one of the bonds of necessity which he must recognise. By means of this idea, which is not false in itself, may he not early acquire a certain aversion to giving way to excessive passions, which he regards as diseases; and do you not think that such a notion, given at the right moment, will produce a more wholesome effect than the most tedious sermon?

[Jean Jacques Rousseau](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jean-jacques-rousseau.md) · [Emile; or On Education](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jean-jacques-rousseau/emile-or-on-education.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jean-jacques-rousseau/emile-or-on-education/the-explosive-passions.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [upbringing](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/upbringing.md)

> "By Heaven, Kemp, you don't know what rage is! To have worked for years, to have planned and plotted, and then to get some fumbling purblind idiot messing across your course! Every conceivable sort of silly creature that has ever been created has been sent to cross me."If I have much more of it, I shall go wild—I shall start mowing 'em."As it is, they’ve made things a thousand times more difficult.""No doubt it’s exasperating," said Kemp, dryly.

[H.G. Wells](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hg-wells.md) · [The Invisible Man](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hg-wells/the-invisible-man.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hg-wells/the-invisible-man/by-heaven-kemp.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> "I remember hearing you once say, Mr. Darcy, that you hardly ever forgave, that your resentment once created was unappeasable. You are very cautious, I suppose, as to its being created."

[Jane Austen](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jane-austen.md) · [Pride and Prejudice](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jane-austen/pride-and-prejudice.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jane-austen/pride-and-prejudice/i-remember-hearing.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [forgiveness](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/forgiveness.md)

> Incens'd with indignation Satan stood
>
> Unterrify'd, and like a comet burn'd
>
> That fires the length of Ophiuchus huge
>
> In th' arctic sky, and from his horrid hair
>
> Shakes pestilence and war.

[John Milton](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-milton.md) · [Paradise Lost](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-milton/paradise-lost.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-milton/paradise-lost/incensd-with-indignation.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> There is a second type of mind which produces satire with the quality of greatness. That is embodied in the satirist whose passions are released and let go by some intolerable sense of wrong. He is maddened by the sense of men being maddened; his tongue becomes an unruly member, and testifies against all mankind. Such a man was Swift, in whom the saeva indignatio was a bitterness to others, because it was a bitterness to himself.

[G. Chesterton](https://www.leafyquotes.com/g-chesterton.md) · [Heretics](https://www.leafyquotes.com/g-chesterton/heretics.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/g-chesterton/heretics/there-is-a-second.md)

Topics: [literature](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/literature.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)

> Men grew desperate and the border between bitter frustration and wild destruction is sometimes easily crossed.

[Isaac Asimov](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov.md) · [The Caves of Steel](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/the-caves-of-steel.md) · p. 22 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/the-caves-of-steel/men-grew-desperate.md)

Topics: [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md)