Abba Hyperchius said...

…”He who does not control his tongue when he is angry, will not control his passions either.”

Abba Isidore said...

…”One day I went to the marketplace to sell some small goods. When I saw anger approaching me, I left the things and fled.”

What we gain by fasting...

…is not so great as the damage done by anger; nor is the profit from spiritual reading as great as the harm done when we scorn or grieve a brother.

St. John Cassian

Often when someone throws a rock at a dog...

…rather than rushing at the person who threw the stone, the dog will run and bite the stone. We do the same thing. The tempter uses someone else to tempt us, either in word or deed, and rather than deal with the tempter who threw the stone, we bite the rock, our fellow man that the hater of the good used against us.

Elder Amphilochios of Patmos +1970

The first step toward freedom from anger...

…is to keep the lips silent when the heart is stirred; the next, to keep the thoughts silent when the soul is stirred, the last, to be totally calm when unclean winds are blowing.

St. John Climacus, The Spiritual Ladder, 8

Waves

Waves never leave the sea. Anger and gloom never leave the miserly.

St. John Climacus, The Ladder of Divine Ascent 17

On Anger

The first step toward freedom from anger is to keep the lips silent when the heart is stirred; the next, to keep the thoughts silent when the soul is stirred, the last, to be totally calm when unclean winds are blowing.

St. John Climacus, The Spiritual Ladder, 8