It is in vain for man to endeavor to instruct man in those things which the Holy Spirit alone can teach.

Patience is the training in abiding with the restlessness of our energy and letting things evolve at their own speed.

It is passivity that dulls feeling.

Passivity may be the easy course, but it is hardly the honorable one.

Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.

By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never. [Fr., Patience et longueur de temps. Font plus que force ni que rage.]