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Anger

Do not follow vain desires for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger. – Abu Bakr

All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity. – Sallust

Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. – J. R. R. Tolkien

When I was younger, I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life. So I bit my tongue. I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs. – Alanis Morissette

The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love. – Walter Savage Landor

What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. If your anger is deep enough and strong enough, you learn that you can change those attitudes by excellence, personal gut performance. – Richard M. Nixon

Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain. – Nagarjuna

The opposite of anger is not calmness, its empathy. – Mehmet Oz

People are unjust to anger – it can be enlivening and a lot of fun. – Philip Roth

Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one. – Indira Gandhi

All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of Scripture when it is conceived upon slight and inadequate provocation, and when it continues long. – Wilson Mizner

George wrote Taxman, and I played guitar on it. He wrote it in anger at finding out what the taxman did. He had never known before then what could happen to your money. – Paul McCartney

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear. – Zora Neale Hurston

Like fragile ice anger passes away in time. – Ovid

Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger. – Gary Oldman

Well, all comedy starts with anger. You get angry, and its never for a good reason, right? You know its not a good reason. And then you try and work it from there. – Jerry Seinfeld

Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain here consuming hatred, there the childlike smile of serene humility. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart. How hard thy yoke, how cruel thy dart. Those escape your anger who refuse your sway, and those are punished most, who most obey. – Matthew Prior

I turned to music originally because of my past and needing a release or an outlet to get out anger or frustration or hurt. – Christina Aguilera

Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger. – Thucydides