Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

Anger is an unnecessary emotion. Loads of stuff in life can trigger it, but what matters is how you react. I choose not to react.

Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.

I don't want to be the angry guy.

I have a pretty bad temper. But you have to really push me to see it. But everybody has their things.

I have to say that anger is the blanket that comes around me, and that blunts and blurs my sense of proportion.

Get into the habit of always speaking calmly to everyone. This will prevent you from anger, a serious character flaw…

Anger is an emotion, not a compass.

You see all the movies where people say, 'Don't fight out of anger'? They say that for a reason.

Anger can be a good thing. It's a mechanism that your brain uses to get you out of situations that are bad for you. But in terms of leading a peaceful life, it is not very productive.

I feel like we sometimes let our emotions and anger get in the way.

Anger begins as an inner twinge. We sense something long before it blossoms (explodes?) into an emotional tirade. If we listen to this twinge -- and follow its advice -- the emotional outburst (or in burst) is not needed.

As soon as we react, we become slaves. A man blames me, and I immediately react in the form of anger. A little vibration which he created made me a slave.

If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase. At first, keep quiet and count the days when you were not angry: "I used to be angry every day, then every other day: next, every two, then every three days!" and if you succeed in passing thirty days, sacrifice to the gods in thanksgiving.

Sometimes we get very frustrated here on court. It is tough to control. It is a mistake.

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

I'm not a screamer. I'm confrontational, but I don't think that translates into anger.

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.

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

I do have anger management issues. Not clinical. Probably no more than most people.

The Green Lanterns are very forward and very courageous, very forceful. The Red Lanterns are out of control, and they're not in their right mind because when we're angry or in rage, we say things and we do things we wouldn't normally do.

I don't like to get angry. It doesn't make me feel good. It is very human, but it's also a loss of control, and I like to have that kind of control.

I still have a temper, I suppose.