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" Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be. "

Thomas a Kempis

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" One of the most interesting things about the cognitive theory is the idea that anger and interpersonal conflict ultimately result from a mental con. In other words, you're telling yourself things that aren't entirely true when you're fighting with someone. "

" 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. "

" I wasn't a very academic kid, and music was the way for all that feeling and angst and sex and love and anger to be channelled. "

" In Afghan society, parents play a central role in the lives of their children; the parent-child relationship is fundamental to who you are and what you become and how you perceive yourself, and it is laden with contradictions, with tension, with anger, with love, with loathing, with angst. "

Khaled Hosseini

" It really shocked me just to hear of the fans' response to 'St. Anger' not having guitar solos. "

" The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk. "

" People who are prone to anxiety are nearly always people-pleasers who fear conflict and negative feelings like anger. When you feel upset, you sweep your problems under the rug because you don't want to upset anyone. You do this so quickly and automatically that you're not even aware you're doing it. "

" Of course we need to show we are a genuine alternative to an unpopular, Conservative-led government. But we need to set ourselves a higher standard than a party offering anger like UKIP. "

Douglas Alexander

" Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend. "

" My father was often angry when I was most like him. "

Lillian Hellman

" Whether one admired or was repulsed by the positions he took on matters foreign and domestic, it is undeniable that Reagan's ability to project anger was highly attractive to his most passionate supporters on the far right - and crucial to his political success. "

" It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses. "

William Arthur Ward

" I think, for one, we have to really accept that anger is a normal human emotion that can be a positive force for change. "

" I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think that's only reserved for people who have horrible upbringings. I think it really exists and is part of the human condition. I think in the course of your life you figure out ways to deal with that. "

" What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow? "

Thomas a Kempis

" We have to take our anger and rage and channel it into building, growing, loving, holding each other up. "

Pramila Jayapal

" One of the greatest lessons of my own life was learning to turn the inner rampage of hatred and anger toward my own father for his reprehensible behavior and abandonment of his family into an inner reaction more closely aligned with God and God-realized love. "

" Efforts following 9/11 were important. They set a tone. They reminded those who might be tempted to take out their anger on an entire community that such actions were wrong. "

Alexander Acosta

" You have to be sincere in your feelings. And fear is one of those, sometimes; doubt is one of those; jealousy, anger - all your emotions are not going to be considered the strong emotions; all of them are not going to be love, happiness, joy. "

" That's the conundrum of cartoon stripping, as opposed to political cartoons. When your anger is the driving force of your drawing hand, failure follows. The anger is OK, but it has to serve the interests of the heart, frankly. "

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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

" I always channeled what I felt emotionally into skiing - my insecurities, my anger, my disappointment. Skiing was always my outlet, and it worked. "

" Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong. "

Baltasar Gracian

" Fear, separation, hate and anger come from the wrong view that you and the Earth are two separate entities, the Earth is only the environment. You are in the centre and you want to do something for the Earth in order for you to survive. That is a dualistic way of seeing. "

Thich Nhat Hanh

" I have to say that anger is the blanket that comes around me, and that blunts and blurs my sense of proportion. "

" I think that Scottish people, like Canadians, are often misunderstood and what I like about my Scottish friends and relatives is how quickly it can go from love to anger. It's a great dynamic. "

" A very powerful mechanism to get elected is to play on anger and pick those wedge issues. "

" Those at the top would do better with a smaller share of a booming economy that elicits a positive politics than they will do with an ever-larger share of an anemic economy that fuels the politics of anger. "