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Where there is fear there is aggression.
Jiddu Krishnamurti1895–19861st Public Talk, Berkeley, California (3 February 1969)
- Fear
Anger is an appropriate reaction to racist attitudes, as is fury when the actions arising from those attitudes do not change.
Audre Lorde1934–1992The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism
- Race
Anger is loaded with information and energy.
Audre Lorde1934–1992The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism
My anger has meant pain to me but it has also meant survival, and before I give it up I’m going to be sure that there is something at least as powerful to replace it on the road to clarity.
Audre Lorde1934–1992Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (1984), “The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism”
Usually when people are sad, they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
Malcolm X1925–1965Malcolm X Speaks (1965)
- Change
We are most likely to get angry and excited in our opposition to some idea when we ourselves are not quite certain of our own position, and are inwardly tempted to take the other side.
Thomas Mann1875–1955Buddenbrooks [Buddenbrooks: Verfall einer Familie, Roman] (1901). Pt 8, Ch. 2
- Ideas
Now the world in general doesn’t know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.
W. Somerset Maugham1874–1965Great Novelists and Their Novels (1948)
- Ideas
Aye, aye! and I’ll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition’s flames before I give him up.
Herman Melville1819–1891Moby-Dick (1851), Chapter XXXVIIn context
- Motivation & Goals
Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I’d strike the sun if it insulted me.
Herman Melville1819–1891Moby-Dick (1851), Chapter XXXVIIn context
- Pride
To the last I grapple with thee; from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee.
Herman Melville1819–1891Moby-Dick (1851), Chapter CXXXVIn context
- Enemies
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken1880–1956Prejudices, First Series (1919), Ch. 6, “The New Poetry Movement”
- Comedy
A strong person is not the person who throws his adversaries to the ground. A strong person is the person who contains himself when he is angry.
MMuhammad571–632Muwatta of Imam Malik, Good Character, hadith 12
Rage is for beasts, but shining peace for man.
Ovid43 BC–AD 17Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love), Book III, line 502 (tr. Len Krisak)
The greatest remedy for anger is delay.
Thomas Paine1737–1809
The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.
Edgar Allan Poe1809–1849The Cask of Amontillado (1846)In context
- Enemies