Anger Quotes by Marcus Aurelius

19 Anger quotes by Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius offers a stoic lens on the turbulence of anger, urging us to observe without being swept away. His 19 quotes read like ancient counsel for modern turmoil, helping you keep perspective when emotions surge.

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Confine yourself to the present.

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Anger cannot be dishonest.

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Why should we feel anger at the world? As if the world would notice?

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Our anger and annoyance are more detrimental to us than the things themselves which anger or annoy us.

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The most complete revenge is not to imitate the aggressor.

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“Anger and the sorrow it produces are far more harmful than the things which make us angry.”

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So much worse are the consequences of anger than its causes.

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

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When you are offended at anyone's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. By attending to them, you will forget…

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In the same degree in which a man's mind is nearer to freedom from all passion, in the same degree also is…

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An angry look on the face is wholly against nature. If it be assumed frequently, beauty begins to perish, and in the…

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“consider how much more pain is brought on us by the anger and vexation caused by such acts than by the acts…

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Run down the list of those who felt intense anger at something: the most famous, the most unfortunate, the most hated, the…

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When you are annoyed at someone's mistake, immediately look at yourself and reflect how you also fail; for example, in thinking that…

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It is not the actions of others which trouble us (for those actions are controlled by their governing part), but rather it…

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“LII. To them that are sick of the jaundice, honey seems bitter; and to them that are bitten by a mad dog,…

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When thou art offended at any man's fault, forthwith turn to thyself and reflect in what manner thou doest error thyself... For…

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“When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: the people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous…

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Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are there briars in your path? Turn aside. That is enough. Do not go on…

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