Guest guest Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` Patience is one of the principle things in life, although sometimes patience is as bitter, as hard, as unbearable as death. Sometimes one would prefer death to patience. But is it of the greatest importance for the human race to develop patience in all conditions of life, in all walks of life. Whether we are rich or poor, high or low, this is the one quality that must be developed. Besides it is patience that is all-powerful, and by lack of patience one loses much. Very often the answer to one's prayer is within one's reach, the hand of Providence not very far off, and then one loses one's patience and thereby the opportunity. Therefore impatience, in whatever form, is to be avoided. It makes one lose one's equilibrium, and when that is lost, nothing can be accomplished. There is no gain to be had from impatience; yet patience does not necessarily mean sloth, negligence, or laziness. -Hazrat Inayat Khan ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` Hazrat Inayat Khan Mastery Through Accomplishment Omega Press, 1978 .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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