Patience

1. "The greatest man is the one who is great in patience." [Letters of Helena Roerich in 9 Volumes - 5.  013]

 

2. "Patience is a conscious systematic understanding of what is taking place. Patience needs to be cultivated as a promoter of advancement. It is absurd to represent patience as an inner atrophy, on the contrary, the process of patience is intensity." [Aum, 344]

 

3. "But such an understanding will be inadequate, because it debases the meaning of energy. The man who knows that it is wiser for him to apply his strength not today but tomorrow will only be one who discriminates the useful path. He is not a sufferer, but one who understands utility." [Aum, 345]

 

4. "In patience, a person does not become dead, but is constantly strained in finding the best ways to defeat someone's unreason or frenzy." [Patience by Nicholas Roerich]

 

5. "...Patience overcomes every irritation. …Of course, being patient does not mean being insensible or callous. …Patience is a conscious state of tension as well as opposition to darkness." [Heart, 478]

 

6. "Know that the possessor of patience has built it up in many lives. A patient man is a worker of vast experience. Only in great labors does a man cognize the worthlessness of irritation. Before the Great Image he perceives the complete insignificance of transitory manifestations. Without many testings it is impossible to appraise and distinguish the qualities of manifestations in life. One should not assume that patience is a distinction conferred without reason; on the contrary, it belongs to the qualities that have been earned with special difficulty, both in the earthly and in the subtle sojourn. Hence, the patient man is rich in experience while the impatient one is a novice in life." [Brotherhood, 119]

 

7. "Without a realization of patience it is impossible to reflect on Infinity. The dimensions of the tasks of the Higher World require tests of patience." [Aum, 244]

 

8. "Patience, patience. Great goals have never been achieved in one leap." [The Mahatma Letters, 62]

 

9. "Sometimes it is necessary to show a little patience to wait for the desired conditions. But patience is often shorter than desire, and the expected consequences do not work out." [Facets of Agni Yoga 1954, 449]

 

10. "Patience to the end was always indicated. If patience is shorter than the things and conditions endured, what is it for and what will it give?" [Facets of Agni Yoga 1953, 343]

 

11. "Patience is a gift of heaven – so said the ancients. Why should patience be something from heaven, when one would think it ought to belong exclusively to the heart? But how are we to intensify patience if we do not know about the Higher World? It is only when the silver thread that extends from the heart to the Higher World becomes strong that understanding of patience will arise. We revere this quality; close to it are tolerance and containment, the capacity to embrace – in other words, the opening of the Gates. …The test of patience is one of the very highest." [Heart, 212]

 

12. "If a mother does not attend patiently to the first wishes of her baby, she is no mother. If a Teacher does not show patience in dealing with the first steps of a disciple, he is no Teacher. …Patience is a gem in the Crown. It is evidence that one is drawing near to Infinity. " [Heart, 239]

 

13. "Remember that patience is the highest achievement." [Letters of Helena Roerich in 9 Volumes - 5. 081]

 

14. "The test of patience is the most difficult, but only patience makes up the constancy necessary for progress. These steps are inevitable. It is said: “The greatest man is the one who is great in patience,” and our wise folk proverb says: “Patience and work will grind everything.” Be patient." [Letters of Helena Roerich in 9 Volumes - 7. 191]

 

15. "Patience is the basis of all achievements, therefore it is the greatest quality. The easiest way to gain patience is through the love of service and the Great Teacher... Through love, be strengthened in patience." [Letters of Helena Roerich in 9 Volumes - 6. 114]

 

16. "The human spirit advances slowly – let us remember this. Therefore, patience alone is insufficient; let us apply the joy of patience." [Heart, 581]

 

17. "Above all cares one should remember that the path is long, and that it will be necessary to be supplied with patience and with the thought about everything useful on the path. But this necessity should be found full of joy for oneself." [Fiery World III, 597]

 

18. "I speak about Our great patience. It must be great, well-tested, and based upon love for humanity." [Supermundane, 553]

 

19. "Truly, creative patience and cheerfulness are the two wings of the worker." [New Era Community, 163]

 

20. "Thus patience is an adornment of the heart." [Fiery World II, 326]

 

21. "…Patience is a source of Grace. Nothing tests the heart so thoroughly as patience." [Heart, 479]

 

22. "Patience, patience, patience – let this not be an empty sound, let it protect one on all paths. When it seems that all forces have been exhausted, such an illusion is most dangerous. The forces are inexhaustible, but people themselves try to cut short their flow." [Brotherhood, 56]

 

23. "...If sufficient patience is shown, what lies ahead? The realization of what the heart aspires to. This will be the reward of long-suffering. This means that aspiration combined with patience leads to the desired goal. Aimless and undirected patience is meaningless and fruitless. It causes stupefaction and hopelessness. So even patience must be shown skillfully and wisely." [Facets of Agni Yoga 1956, 82]

 

24. "Radiant, creative patience does not resemble the murky cloak of non-resistance to evil. Stooped non-resisters sit like unsuccessful fishermen. Their stake of a length of yarn cannot check the dance of the elements. Creative patience holds the key to the New World; therefore, patience creates a power which is intensified with each hour of reality. Non-resistance is like a long-opened flask of perfume, but creative patience is like old sealed wine." [New Era Community, 162]

 

25. "Many useful helpers need repeated Indications, for they will not accept Indications when first given. This develops great patience in the co-workers, who learn that irritability is nothing but weakness of will." [Supermundane, 63]

 

26. "Patience is one of the most necessary achievements. And the feat is possible only if there is unbreakable patience." [Letters of Helena Roerich in 9 Volumes - 9. 278]

 

27. "Where there is love for labor, there are boundless possibilities. Where there is patience, there can be no defeat in light tasks. Where there is courage, there are no locked gates." [Schools by Nicholas Roerich]

 

28. "…True Service lies in the toil of patient endurance and perfectionment." [Fiery World III, 500]