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Quotes About Emotions

A flood of emotions rushes into me. Pain and anger. Sadness and pity. But most surprising of all, hope.
~ Jay Asher
Anger is one of the most intimate of emotions and to expose it to strangers is one of the most stupid and sickening things to do. Never get angry with strangers because they are strangers.
~ James Clavell
Let anger's fire be slow to burn.
~ George Herbert
Please use anger for something positive like hurting people that deserve it or writing jokes.
~ Dov Davidoff
I don't want an angry song with no silver lining ending up on my album. Then I'd have to play, or feel obliged to play, that song every night in repetition as a mantra of anger.
~ Alex Ebert
Anger and embarrassment are often neighbors.
~ Amy Poehler
Bridget's anger evaporated and the sadness came back. The anger was easier. She owned and contolled it, whereas the sadness owned her.
~ Ann Brashares
... wore sorrow and anger like a worn-out coat and would not throw it away.
~ Belva Plain
Following a code of silence, you're never gonna lose the anger.
~ Billy Joel
A lot of people have a dissatisfaction or an anger in them, so as soon as something goes awry, they flip out.
~ Brigid Brannagh
We all grow up with anger. It's part of the human condition. But what do you do with that? It seems obvious to me that you've got to use it for something, but you have to separate it from your ego.
~ Bruce Cockburn
Anger is natural. It's part of the force. You just have to learn to hang out with it.
~ Tori Amos
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal while blaming our misery on the person who started the fire.
~ Bill Crawford
we wish to make rage into a fire that cooks things rather than a fire of conflagration.
~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes
I grew up in a family full of yellers. People screaming and chaos goin' on, I feel right at home in it. I've really worked on myself with anger management. I try to save that for the stage.
~ Art Alexakis
Affection is important because it counters anger, hatred and suspicion that can prevent our minds from functioning clearly.
~ Dalai Lama
Along with selfishness, anger is one of the most serious problems facing the world today
~ Dalai Lama
More often than not, anger is actually an indication of weakness rather than of strength.
~ Dalai Lama
There's tons of anger and angst and peculiarity and eccentricity, and good towns know that that's okay. But towns that are kind of bullshit don't know what to do with all those feelings.
~ Dar Williams
Many of us have read about and talked about forgiveness, and we understand intellectually why it might benefit us to let go of anger toward others. But we hold on anyway.
~ Debbie Ford
Anger is poison. You must purge it from your mind or else it will corrupt your better nature.
~ Christopher Paolini
Fear is the anticipation of the pain in the future. Anger is the remembrance of pain in the past. Hostility is wanting to get even.
~ Deepak Chopra
Like a cube of ice, anger cannot be eliminated by applying force, only by applying warmth, compassion and kindness.
~ Deepak Chopra
There are things that must evoke our anger to show we care. It is what we do with that anger. If we direct that energy we can use it positively or destructively.
~ Desmond Tutu