The following article leaves the reader in the capable hands of various figures throughout history, both modern and ancient. Although some of the words stretch back into antiquity, and the world experienced by their commentators differed significantly from that of today, they did have one commonality. Human relationships and the human condition remain largely the same. Therefore, the insight and wisdom contained in these quotes speak a universal truth that is as powerful today as it was when first written.
“The greatest remedy for anger is delay.”
Seneca
“Expressing anger is a form of public littering.”
Willard Gaylin
“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”
Ambrose Bierce
“Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.”
Albert Einstein
“If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?”
Sydney J. Harris
“He who angers you conquers you.”
Elizabeth Kenny
“Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.”
Eckhart Tolle
“When a man is wrong and won’t admit it, he always gets angry.”
Thomas Haliburton
“Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger.”
Chinese Proverb
“At the core of all anger is a need that is not being fulfilled.”
Marshall B. Rosenberg
“People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.”
Will Rogers
“There is nothing more galling to angry people than the coolness of those on whom they wish to vent their spleen.”
Alexandre Dumas
“Anger is what makes a clear mind seem clouded.”
Kazi Shams
“Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.”
Cherie Carter-Scott
“Anger blows out the lamp of the mind.”
Robert G. Ingersoll
“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’Armour
“Anger is a bad counselor.”
French Proverb
“Anger and folly walk cheek by jole.”
Benjamin Franklin
“Can anger survive without his hypocrisy?”
Jareb Teague
“Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.”
Joan Lunden
