Seth Godin Quotes

We must recognize that anger only agitates and incites. It cannot squelch or satisfy the hunger for justice.

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

The nice thing about anger is that, as an emotion, it's strong enough to unplug me from the comedian's mind for a minute and just be a frustrated member of the citizenry.

My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.

You are going to make choices and decisions that sometimes aren't going to always work in your favor and they are going to upset some other people.

Rudeness can make me angry.

The list of problems that we all experience may be endless, but I honestly cannot abide by the rule that, 'He who yells louder is heard.'

The thing that started the peace movement in Ireland was anger - my anger. It wasn't anger; it was fury.

I don't think it works to just be mad at them - Maxine Waters out ranting and kicking down the doors. It would be so easy to dismiss you and marginalize you.

When you're angry you can say something you don't mean.

People who don't listen make me annoyed. That's the normal stuff, isn't it?

The problem is people become so angry. And they become so vicious.

What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.

In marriage people get in fights because they don't communicate, because you don't want to hurt the other person. If you do want to hurt the other person, then shame on you - you're an asshole. My wife and I do not argue. We communicate. We talk. But we've never fought in our entire relationship.

Non-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it.

Even when I'm stressed out I'm not mean to people. I'm not constantly rude to people. But sometimes people are so rude.

It's the people who are in the wrong who get angry.

Try to reject war and give peace a chance. Question the powers that be and find out why they make the dubious decisions they do that send young people to war.

How can you have a reasonable debate with people who are constantly changing the panic? They are moving the panic to a greater wave of hysteria?

I do travel a lot, because I need oxygen, I need to go to places to meet people who aren't upset at me because I'm asking for peace.

Everything is a battlefield. If you fight with anger, you are part of the problem. If you fight with joy, you're part of the solution.

By criticizing, we do not make lasting changes and often incur resentment.

Out of anger comes controversy, out of controversy comes conversation, out of conversation comes action.

People turn to violence, because they have no other avenue left.

We can solve many problems in an appropriate way, without any difficulty, if we cultivate harmony, friendship and respect for one another.