Understanding the true nature of things, or seeing things as they really are, is the ground of wisdom.

You cannot control the results, only your actions.

Patience is supported & nurtured by a quality of forgiveness.

Patience has all the time it needs.

That's why it's called a practice. We have to practice a practice if it is to be of value.

While meditating we are simply seeing what the mind has been doing all along.

One who is patient glows with an inner radiance.

Praise & esteem can feel good, which is fine, but don't look to them for inner peace & lasting happiness.

We must accept the reality that the causes of impatience travel a two-way street.

Observing your thoughts, feelings & sensations is the grist of the practice.

Any methodology for developing patience requires a multi-tiered approach.

God gives His deepest discernment and sharpest marksmanship to men who aim to expose His truth before an enemy's lies.

If we don't remember where we came from, we'll go back there.

When people have a hard task to do - one which stretches them - they become less concerned with trivial matters.

This day is the most recent set of events to define you. Every day changes your life. Every last one.

Madam de Stael pronounced architecture to be frozen music so is statuary crystalized spirituality.

Nothing can be more painful than the cry of the word which gave us the inspiration to dream of love.

I do feel that, generally, people will see me and go, "He knows where the good food is," which is an awesome correlative. It's an awesome simplification.

Finest fur may cover toughest meat.

But the acting process - create a human being - was real, not only to the audience, but real to me.

It really is quite remarkable that Darfur has become a household name. I am gratified that's the case.