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Anger Quotes by Marshall B. Rosenberg
- Use anger as a wake-up call to unmet needs.
- Blaming and punishing others are superficial expressions of anger.
- The cause of anger lies in our thinking - in thoughts of blame and judgment.
- Anger can be a wonderful wake up call to help you understand what you need and what you value.
- Anger, depression, guilt, and shame are the product of the thinking that is at the base of violence on our planet.
- If we wish to express anger fully, the first step is to divorce the other person from any responsibility for our anger.
- Anger is a signal that you're distracted by judgmental or punitive thinking, and that some precious need of yours is being ignored.
- Power-Over leads to punishment and violence. Power-With leads to compassion and understanding, and to learning motivated by reverence for life rather than fear, guilt, shame,…
- At the core of all anger is a need that is not being fulfilled.
- Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet need.
- It's never what people do that makes us angry; it's what we tell ourselves about what they did.
More Anger Quotes
- Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and… — Aristotle
- No one loves the man whom he fears. — Aristotle
- We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner… — Aristotle
- What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around… — Saint Augustine
- How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. — Marcus Aurelius
- Anger cannot be dishonest. — Marcus Aurelius
- When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life. — Marcus Aurelius
- A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green. — Francis Bacon
- In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. — Francis Bacon
- I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think… — Kevin Bacon
- I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into that, reaching… — Kevin Bacon
- Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger. — Abu Bakr