305 private quotes tagged anger

“In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.” — Buddha

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“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

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“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.” — Buddha

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“Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.” — Aristotle

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“When anger rises, think of the consequences.” — Confucius

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“A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.” — Francis Bacon

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“Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.” — Mahatma Gandhi

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“Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain.” — Dalai Lama

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“Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.” — Benjamin Franklin

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“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Anger cannot be dishonest.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.” — Saint Francis de Sales

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“Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.” — Mahatma Gandhi

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“Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.” — Mahatma Gandhi

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“Speak the truth, do not yield to anger give, if thou art asked for little by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.” — Confucius

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“In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.” — Lee Iacocca

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“There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.” — Plato

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“I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.” — Mahatma Gandhi

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“The greatest remedy for anger is delay.” — Thomas Paine

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“When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.” — Thomas Jefferson

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“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.” — Mark Twain

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“Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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“Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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“Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.” — Albert Einstein

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“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.” — Ambrose Bierce

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