“It is the mark of a great mind to despise injuries.”
Seneca
GreatnessLetting Go
Anger Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · ANGER
Anger Quotes
Read 200 of the best anger quotes on controlling your temper, staying calm and letting go, from Seneca, Buddha, Marcus Aurelius, Shakespeare and more.
“We are evil men living among evil men; and only one thing can bring us calm - the compact of mutual indulgence.”
Seneca
TolerancePeace
“When a man has done thee any wrong, immediately consider with what opinion about good or evil he has done wrong. For when thou hast seen this, thou wilt pity him, and wilt neither wonder nor be angry.”
Marcus Aurelius
UnderstandingCompassion
“When thou art offended at any man's fault, forthwith turn to thyself and reflect in what like manner thou dost err thyself.”
Marcus Aurelius
Self-ReflectionHumility
“Suppose any man shall despise me. Let him look to that himself. But I will look to this, that I be not discovered doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.”
Marcus Aurelius
CharacterDignity
“Be like the promontory against which the waves continually break, but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.”
Marcus Aurelius
StrengthCalm
“How easy it is to repel and to wipe away every impression which is troublesome or unsuitable, and immediately to be in all tranquillity.”
Marcus Aurelius
TranquilityLetting Go
“A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.”
Publilius Syrus
PatienceJudgment
“In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth.”
Publilius Syrus
ArgumentsTruth
“Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.”
Publilius Syrus
SilenceWisdom
“Revenge is always the delight of a mean spirit, of a weak and petty mind.”
Juvenal
RevengeCharacter
“Him I call indeed a Brahmana who, though he has committed no offence, endures reproach, bonds, and stripes, who has endurance for his force.”
Buddha (Dhammapada)
PatienceStrength
“Him I call indeed a Brahmana who is free from anger, dutiful, virtuous.”
Buddha (Dhammapada)
VirtueCalm
“'He abused me, he beat me, he defeated me, he robbed me' - in those who do not harbour such thoughts hatred will cease.”
Buddha (Dhammapada)
Letting GoPeace
“The world does not know that we must all come to an end here; but those who know it, their quarrels cease at once.”
Buddha (Dhammapada)
PerspectiveArguments
“It is desire, it is wrath, begotten by the quality of Motion; all-consuming, all-polluting, know thou this as our foe here on earth.”
Bhagavad Gita
DesireSelf-Control
“To those who are good to me, I am good; and to those who are not good to me, I am also good; and thus all get to be good.”
Lao Tzu
KindnessGoodness
“Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.”
Confucius
JusticeKindness
“He who acts with a constant view to his own advantage will be much murmured against.”
Confucius
SelfishnessResentment
“Want of forbearance in small matters confounds great plans.”
Confucius
PatiencePlanning
“The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.”
The Bible (Proverbs 17:14)
ConflictWisdom
“It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.”
The Bible (Proverbs 20:3)
PeaceHonour
“Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.”
The Bible (Proverbs 26:20)
GossipPeace
“Charity is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil.”
The Bible (1 Corinthians 13:5)
LovePatience
“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith.”
The Bible (Galatians 5:22)
PeaceFaith