Quotes about anger
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“Due to attachment, anger, and foolishness, I have committed numberless mistakes in speech, deed and thought. I bow my head and repent. I vow from today to begin anew, to live day and night in mindfulness, and not to repeat my previous mistakes.”

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist

Night

“If you want a lover I'll do anything you ask.

If you want a different kind of love I'll wear a mask.

If you want to strike me down in anger here I stand.

If you want a partner in life take my hand.

I'm your man.”

Leonard Cohen (1934–2016) Canadian poet and singer-songwriter

Love, Life, Lovers

“Sometimes fear made you angry. Perhaps after years anger cooled, like a sword taken from a forge. Perhaps in the end you were left with something very cold and very sharp.”

Frances Hardinge book Fly by Night

Source: Fly by Night

Fear

“Anger is the prelude to courage.”

Eric Hoffer (1898–1983) American philosopher

Courage

“The same goes for envy, anger and insults - said the master. - When they are not accepted, they continue to belong to the one who carried them.”

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist

Source: Warrior of the Light

Envy

“You don’t need to control emotion,” he said. “Emotions are natural, like passing weather. Sometimes it’s fear, sometimes sorrow or anger. Emotions are not the problem. The key is to transform the energy of emotion into constructive action.”

Dan Millman book Way of the Peaceful Warrior

Source: Way of the Peaceful Warrior

Fear, Nature, Problem, Weather

“And he made love to her, offering his body in both tenderness and anger, unsure which was the best way to pass her bits of his soul so that she could patch her own with it”

Jodi Picoult book The Pact

Source: The Pact

Love, Way, Soul

“Anger, intelligence, and wit are ultimately more seductive than zero percent body fat.”

Maria Raha (1972) American journalist

Source: Cinderella's Big Score: Women of the Punk and Indie Underground

Intelligence

“Anger is the fluid love bleeds when you cut it.”

Walter Hooper (1931) literary advisor of the estate of C.S. Lewis

Source: C. S. Lewis: A Complete Guide to His Life & Works

Love

“Tally, do you ever suffer from sudden flashes of anger or euphoria, countersocial impulses, or feelings of superiority?”

Scott Westerfeld book Specials

Source: Specials

Feeling, Suffering

“Anger cannot be dishonest.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

Source: Meditations

“Percy pushed on his side furiously and the crack closed. His eyes blazed with anger. She hoped he wasn’t mad at her, but if he was she couldn’t blame him.
If it keeps him going, she thought, then let him be angry.”

Rick Riordan book The House of Hades

Source: The House of Hades

Hope, Madness

“Do you really wish to disobey me, Marbas? Do you wish to anger my father?”

Cassandra Clare (1973) American author

“what you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering. Anger, not moral authority”

Audre Lorde (1934–1992) writer and activist

Suffering

“Bitterness: anger that forgot where it came from.”

Alain de Botton (1969) Swiss writer

“Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger.”

James Joyce book Dubliners

"Araby"
Source: Dubliners (1914)

“Above all, in my anger, I was sad. Isn't that always the way, that at the heart of the fire is a frozen kernel of sorrow that the fire is trying -- valiantly, fruitlessly -- to eradicate.”

Claire Messud (1966) American writer

Source: The Woman Upstairs

Sadness, Way, Heart

“My mother's psychologist says I have an overactive anger switch, but people just keep pissing me off.”

Meg Cabot book Darkest Hour

Source: Darkest Hour

People

“If we fall, we don't need self-recrimination or blame or anger - we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to re-commit, to be whole-hearted once again.”

Sharon Salzberg (1952) American writer

Heart

“Buried beneath disappointment and fear, anger and pride, I just might find it in my heart to forgive.”

Emily Giffin (1972) American writer

Source: Heart of the Matter

Fear, Disappointment, Forgiveness, Heart

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

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

Source: Meditations

“Monsters are born of pain, and grief, and loss, and anger. Your heart is full of them.-
-"And?"
And it makes you vulnerable.”

Jim Butcher book Summer Knight

Source: Summer Knight

Pain, Loss, Heart

“Studies show that aggressively expressing anger doesn't relieve anger but amplifies it. On the other hand, not expressing anger often allows it to disappear without leaving ugly traces.”

Gretchen Rubin (1966) American writer

Source: The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun

Study

“We can shoot rockets into space but we can't cure anger or discontent.”

John Steinbeck book The Winter of Our Discontent

Source: The Winter of Our Discontent

“So much grief, so much anger. So unlike the usual Adrian.”

Richelle Mead book Last Sacrifice

Source: Last Sacrifice

“My mom told me that I should trust the man who could see the sorrow behind my smile, the love behind my anger, and the reasons behind my silence.”

Jill Shalvis (1963) American writer

Source: Always on My Mind

Love, Smile, Moms, Silence

“I have lived lies. I have done it again and again. I live lies because I cannot endure the weakness of anger, and I cannot admit the irrationality of love.-Marius”

Anne Rice (1941) American writer

Love

“So let me get this straight. You were living in a tent in the woods, but now you're living with Prince Charming and anger management boy? SERIOUSLY?!”

Natsuki Takaya (1973) Manga artist

Source: Fruits Basket, Vol. 2

Boy

“Darkness… When everything that you know and love… is taken from you so harshly… all you can think about is anger, hatred, and even revenge… and no one can save you.”

Masashi Kishimoto (1974) Japanese manga artist

Love, Revenge, Thinking, Sad

“Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger. Travel too far that road and the way is lost.”

Terry Brooks book The Elfstones of Shannara

Source: The Elfstones of Shannara

Way, Travel, Hurt, Hurtful

“Why the hell would I bring?" she exclaimed. All her anger turned at his presumption. It was a sign of her agitation that she'd sworn.
"Because," he said, face calm, "I can teach you how to stake a Strigoi."
"THE HELL YOU CAN," I said aloud to no one.”

Richelle Mead book Spirit Bound

Source: Spirit Bound

Hell

“The three most harmful negative emotions are anger, guilt, and fear. And anger is number one. It is also the strongest and most dangerous of all passions.”

Joyce Meyer (1943) American author and speaker

Source: Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You

Fear, Passion

“From an evolutionary point of view, most emotions - fear, desire, anger - serve some practical purpose, but nostalgia is a useless, futile thing because it is a longing for something that is permanently lost….”

David Nicholls book Us

Source: Us

Fear, Nostalgia

“To dwell on the things that depress or anger us does not help in overcoming them. One must knock them down alone.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

Help

“He left her. She was dissatisfied with him. He had preferred to incur her anger rather than cause her pain. He had kept all the pain for himself.”

Victor Hugo book The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Source: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Pain

“I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason.”

Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor

The New York Times October 15, 1986, MAN IN THE NEWS; WITNESS TO EVIL: ELIEZER WEISEL, By JOSEPH BERGER http://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/15/world/man-in-the-news-witness-to-evil-eliezer-weisel.html

God, Faith, Faith