"Patience lives in the gap between our experience of an event and our response to that experience."

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Source : Allan Lokos (2012). “Patience: The Art of Peaceful Living”, p.33, Penguin

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“No obstacles are insurmountable when God commands and we obey.”

Source : "Semi-annual Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day", vol.70, p. 18, 1899.
“If you believe that thereâ€™s a heaven and hell and people could be going to hellâ€”or not getting eternal life or whateverâ€”and you think that, well, itâ€™s not really worth telling them this because it would make it socially awkward. . . . How much do you have to hate somebody to not proselytize? How much do you have to hate somebody to believe that everlasting life is possible and not tell them that?”
“Whom little things occupy and keep busy, are little men.”
“There are very few misanthropes, thank goodness!”
“When I was dating and the wine list was presented to my male companion, I tried to ignore this unfortunate faux pas. But this practice still goes on...Closing note to all servers and sommeliers: please include women in wine selection. Okay?”
“Storytelling sticks in the mind because it attaches emotions to events, and that's the way we remember things. If you don't tell stories, no one will remember what you say.”

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“Too often we tell kids pleasant stories devoid of truth, and stories without truth are not good stories. Our audience deserves more from us.”
“The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.”

Source : The Human Province "1943" (1978) (translation by Joachim Neugroschel)

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