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In general, believed that emotional intelligence consists in striking a balance between excess and deficiency, too much and too little. Too much fear makes me a coward, too little makes me rash and foolhardy, taking unnecessary risks. The middle way is courage. There are, however, two exceptions, says  sages: pride and anger. Even a little pride (some sages suggested “an eighth of an eighth”) is too much. Likewise even a little anger is wrong. “The life of those who can’t control their anger is not a life,” "When a person becomes angry, if he is a sage his wisdom departs from him; if he is a prophet his prophecy departs from him". The sages were outspoken in their critique of anger. They would thoroughly have approved of the modern concept of anger management. They did not like anger at all, and reserved some of their sharpest language to describe it. Sages said that when someone becomes angry it is as if he has become an idolater (Hilkhot Deot 2: 3). The  Orchot Tz