Anger and Rage

“We can’t let the anger overshadow the good things in life.” -Author Unknown
 
“Every time you give someone a piece of your mind, you make your head a little emptier.” -Author Unknown
 
“Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.” -Eckhart Tolle (pseudonym of Ulrich Leonard Tölle (born 1948) at https://eckharttolle.com/
 
Riddle: What is round and has a bad temper?
Solution: A vicious circle.
 
“The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn’t angry enough.” -Bede Jarrett (born Cyril Jarrett (1881 - 1934))
 
“The best remedy for anger is delay.” -Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca, also known as Seneca the Younger (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65): “De ira” (English: “On Anger”)
 
“There is no angry way to say ‘bubbles.’” -Author Unknown
 
“Don’t let the Sun go down upon your anger; forgive each other, help each other, and begin again tomorrow.” -Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888)
 
“Letting off steam always produces more heat than light.” -Neal A. Maxwell (Neal Ash Maxwell (1926 - 2004)): “Murmur Not” in “Ensign” (November 1989) magazine, page 84
 
“Don’t ever slam a door; you might want to go back.” -Author Unknown
 
“Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.” -Chérie Carter-Scott (born 1939) at www.drcherie.com
 
“People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.” -Will Rogers (William Penn Adair ‘Will’ Rogers (1879 - 1935))
 
Angrophobia is a persistent fear of anger or of becoming angry. Many folks look ridiculous and do regrettable actions or speak in haste when angry, so perhaps the phobia stems in part from a fear of doing permanent damage to their personal reputations and relationships.
 
Anger makes us strong,
Blind and impatient
And it leads us wrong;
The strength is quickly lost;
We feel the error long.
-George Crabbe (1754 - 1832)
 
“The broad general rule is that a person is no bigger than the things that make him or her angry.” -Author Unknown
 
Hangry (han-gree), adjective: A state of anger caused by lack of food; hunger causing a negative change in emotional state.
 
“The line between hunger and anger is a thin line.” -John E. Steinbeck (John Ernst Steinbeck (1902 - 1968)): “The Grapes of Wrath” (14 April 1939)
 
“Sometimes when I’m angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn’t give me the right to be cruel.” -Author Unknown
 
“You can’t stay mad at someone who makes you laugh.” -Jay Leno (James Douglas Muir ‘Jay’ Leno (born 1950))
 
“If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.” -Author Unknown: Chinese proverb
 
“Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them.” -Lemony Snicket (pseudonym of Daniel Handler (born 1970))
 
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A Bag of Nails
 
Once upon a time, there lived a little boy, and he had a very bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the wooden fence that surrounded their home.
 
The first day, the boy hammered an entire handful of nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails he hammered into the fence each day became fewer in number. He had discovered that it was easier for him to hold his temper than it was to drive nails into the fence.
 
Finally, the day came when the boy did not lose his temper at all. He told his father about this, and his father suggested that the boy then pull out one nail for each day that he had been able to control his temper.
 
The days passed, and at last, the young boy could finally tell his father that all the nails he had hammered into the fence had been removed.
 
The father led his son to the fence. He said, “You have done well, my son, but look at all the holes in the fence. The nails are gone, but the fence itself will never be the same.”
 
The little boy then understood how powerful his words were. He looked up at his father and said, “I hope I can be forgiven for all the damage my anger has done to people.”
 
by Author Unknown
 
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“When you are angry say nothing and do nothing until you have recited the alphabet.” -Athenodorus Cananites (about 74 B.C.E. - C.E. 7)
 
“Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.” -Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826): as quoted in Benjamin S. Catchings: “Master Thoughts of Thomas Jefferson” (1907), page 82
 
“Just try to be angry with someone who fed you something delicious.” -Miriam Lukken: “Mrs. Dunwoody’s Excellent Instructions for Homekeeping: Timeless Wisdom and Practical Advice” (15 April 2003); line of fictional character Judge Dunwoody
 
“Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.” -Robert G. Ingersoll (Robert Green ‘Bob’ Ingersoll (1833 - 1899))
 
“Most people usually do not assume responsibility for their anger. Instead, what we typically hear is, “You made me angry.” “They made me upset,” etc. I trust it is evident that these types of statements are not true. No one else can ‘make’ you angry. We have to make ourselves angry. What others say and do is, yes, a part of the equation, but without our contribution to the equation, anger cannot arise nor exist. This can be a very threatening conception of anger, and yet it is also very freeing, for as long as we do determine our own emotional responses, we are free to change and to control them. If other people or events were, in fact, responsible for our emotional responses, then we would not have the freedom nor ability to change them - unless we could control other people and events, which is much more challenging and usually impossible. Thus, principle one in the case against anger is, we are ultimately responsible for our own anger.” -Burton C. Kelly (Burton Cleveland Kelly (1926 - 2015)): “Let All . . . Anger . . . Be Put Away from You . . . or the Case Against Anger” as published in the “AMCAP Journal” (February 1979), pages 6 through 13
 
“Speak when you’re angry and you’ll make the best speech you’ll ever regret.” -Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)
 
“A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.” -Bruce Lee (pseudonym of Lee Jun-fan (1940 - 1973))
 
“Anger is a bad adviser.” -Author Unknown: French proverb
 
“Anger and worry are caused by phantoms that we create within ourselves and whose only strength is that with which we endow them.” -Horace Fletcher (1849 - 1919): “Menticulture, or, The ABC of True Living” (1895)
 
“When angry, count ten, before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.” -Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826): Decalogue of Canons, number 10
 
Anger is a strong feeling of displeasure, often resulting from a perceived injustice or unfairness. While anger is often momentary, rage is usually thought of as being a period of sustained, intense anger.
 
“Anger helps straighten out a problem like a fan helps straighten out a pile of papers.” -Susan Marcotte
 
“No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.” -George Jean Nathan (1882 - 1958)
 
“Anger is a feeling that makes your mouth work faster than your mind.” -Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
 
“I understand the fury in your words, but not the words.” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Othello” (about 1603)
 
“There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.” -Francis de Sales (1567 - 1622): “Introduction to the Devout Life” (1609)
 
“He who can suppress a moment’s anger may prevent a day of sorrow.” -Tryon Edwards (1809 - 1894)
 
“Before you give someone a piece of your mind, make sure you can get by with what is left.” -Author Unknown
 
“Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.” -Pythagoras of Samos (about 570 B.C.E. - about 496 B.C.E.): as quoted in “The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction” (6 January 1844), volume V, number 1
 
“An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.” -Publilius Syrus (85 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.)
 
“Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.” -Elizabeth I (1533 - 1603): as quoted in Francis Bacon: “Certain Apophthegms of Lord Bacon” (1625), number IV
 
“When anger rises, think of the consequences.” -Confucius (551 B.C.E. - 479 B.C.E.)
 
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Temper

When I have lost my temper, I have lost my reason, too.
     I’m never proud of anything which angrily I do.
When I have talked in anger and my cheeks were flaming red,
     I have always uttered something which I wish I hadn’t said.
 
In anger I have never done a kindly deed or wise,
     But many things for which I felt I should apologize.
In looking back across my life, and all I’ve lost or made,
     I can’t recall a single time when fury ever paid.
 
So I struggle to be patient, for I’ve reached a wiser age;
     I do not want to do a thing or speak a word in rage.
I have learned by sad experience that when my temper flies,
     I never do a worthy thing, a decent deed or wise.
 
by Author Unknown
 
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“If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?” -Sydney J. Harris (Sydney Justin Harris (1917 - 1986))
 
“I always tumble into trouble when I lose my temper.” -Jane Louise Curry: “Robin Hood and His Merry Men” (1994)
 
“Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.” -George Savile (also known as Lord Halifax (1633 - 1695)): “Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections” (1750), ‘Of Anger’
 
“When a wise man is angry, he is no longer wise.” -Author Unknown: “The Talmud”
 
“We are all crazy when we are angry.” -Philemon (about 300 B.C.E.)
 
“Whate’er’s begun in anger ends in shame.” -Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin ‘Ben’ Franklin (1706 - 1790)): “Poor Richard’s Almanack” (1734); in modern parlance: “Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.” -Benjamin Franklin
 
“There are some people who always seem angry and continuously look for conflict. Walk away; the battle they are fighting isn’t with you, it’s with themselves.” -Author Unknown
 
“Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.” [translation to English]
“Ira furor brevis est: animum rege: qui nisi paret imperat.” [original Latin]
-Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65 B.C.E. - 8 B.C.E.)): “Epistles” (20 B.C.E.), Book I, epistle ii, line 62
 
“He who angers you, controls you.” -Author Unknown
 
“Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.” -Author Unknown
 
“The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.” -Joseph Joubert (1754 - 1824)
 
“Anger is the only thing to put off till tomorrow.” -Author Unknown: Slovakian proverb
 
“Do not teach your children never to be angry; teach them how to be angry.” -Lyman Abbott (Lyman J. Abbott (1835 - 1922))
 
“A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.” Author Unknown: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘Proverbs,’ chapter 15, verse 18
 
“Angry people are not always wise.” -Jane Austen (1775 - 1817)
 
“You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.” -Adlai Stevenson (Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (1900 - 1965))
 
“We boil at different degrees.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
 
“Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.” -George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans, possibly also known as Marian Evans Cross (1819 - 1880))
 
“Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.” -attributed to Chuck Norris (Carlos Ray ‘Chuck’ Norris (born 1940))
 
“For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
 
“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 (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910))
 
“Explain your anger instead of expressing it, and you will find solutions instead of arguments.” -Author Unknown
 
“Anger manages everything badly.” -Johannes Stadius (born Jan Van Ostaeyen (1527 - 1579))
 
“Never respond to an angry person with a fiery comeback, even if he deserves it . . . don’t allow his anger to become your anger.” -Author Unknown
 
“Temper, if ungoverned, governs the whole man.” -Anthony Ashley-Cooper (1671 - 1713)
 
“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.” -Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (C.E. 121 - C.E. 180))
 
“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, for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.” -Aristotle (384 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.): as quoted in Edith M. Leonard, Lillian E. Miles, and Catherine S. Van der Kar: “The Child: At Home and School” (1944), page 203
 
“The prudent man does not let his temper boil over lest he get into hot water.” -Author Unknown
 
“Anger is one letter short of danger.” -Eleanor Roosevelt (Anna Eleanor ‘Eleanor’ Roosevelt (1884 - 1962))
 
“Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.” -Baltasar Gracián (1601 - 1658)
 
“Nobody ‘makes’ you angry. You ‘decide’ to use anger as a response.” -Author Unknown
 
“I’m sorry for the unkind words I spoke out of anger.” -Author Unknown
 
“My recipe for dealing with anger and frustration: set the kitchen timer for twenty minutes, cry, rant, and rave, and at the sound of the bell, simmer down, and go about business as usual.” -Phyllis Diller (pseudonym of Phyllis Ada Driver (1917 - 2012))
 
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