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    Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as a handmaid at the back of reason, to come to the front when bidden. For once it begins to take control of the mind, it calls just, what it does cruelly.

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

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

by Plato Found in: Anger Quotes,
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Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you read more

Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved. Cato -Marcus Antonius.

by Marcus Antonius Found in: Anger Quotes,
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When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. So we were often angry at read more

When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. So we were often angry at each other. -Charles De Gaulle.

by Charles De Gaulle Found in: Anger Quotes,
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Deaf rage that hears no leader.
[Ger., Dem tauben Grimm, der keinen Fuhrer hort.]

Deaf rage that hears no leader.
[Ger., Dem tauben Grimm, der keinen Fuhrer hort.]

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In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for read more

In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves

by Abraham J. Heschel Found in: Anger Quotes,
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Those who the Gods would destroy First they would make angry Haliburton -Greek.

Those who the Gods would destroy First they would make angry Haliburton -Greek.

by Greek Proverb Found in: Anger Quotes,
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Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, everyone should be read more

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, everyone should be serene, slow-pulsed and calm.

by Robert Green Ingersoll Found in: Anger Quotes,
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Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.

Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.

by Thomas Fuller Found in: Anger Quotes,
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Beware the fury of a patient man.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

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