Robert G. Ingersoll Quotes

There is not in nature, a thing that makes man so deformed, so beastly, as doth intemperate anger.

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

He who angers you conquers you.

Anger turns the mind out of doors and bolts the entrance.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

I'm not a table-flipper.

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.

O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad!

I've only lost my temper three times in my whole life.

One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.

Anger does not solve problems - anger only makes things worse. I go by the old saying, 'Don't make important decisions when you're angry.'

Anger should never be an overnight guest.

We should realize that our deadliest enemies are anger and other delusions. Since these delusions are deeply ingrained mental habits, working to overcome them is not always easy.

He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose.

Even with the sun beaming down on me I'm not sweating in my mind. I'm not sweating in my heart or in my career.

He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.

The more externally chaotic the world becomes, the more we need sound internal logic, especially when it comes to our emotions.

Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound.

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

Every time you get angry, you poison your own system.

I just refuse to worry or get upset or be fearful. It doesn't do one particle of good.

I haven't lost my head yet.

Keep cool; anger is not an argument.