Epictetus Anger Quotations

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.

If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase.

When we act pugnaciously, and injuriously, and angrily, and rudely, to what level have we degenerated? To the level of the wild beasts. Well, the fact is that some of us are wild beasts of a larger size, while others are little animals, malignant and petty.

In the long run, every man will pay the penalty for this own misdeeds.

If you would cure anger, do not feed it. Say to yourself: 'I used to be angry every day; then every other day; now only every third or fourth day.' When you reach thirty days offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the gods.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.