Buddhism Patience Quotes

#1. There's a limit to my patience with anything that smacks of metaphysics. I squirm at the mention of "mind expansion" or "warm healing energy." I don't like drum circles, public nudity or strangers touching my feet.

Koren Zailckas

#2. An open beginner's mind is a powerful tool for developing patience.

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#3. Patience has all the time it needs.

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#4. Patience is both the tool for and the result of, our efforts.

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#5. True patience is grounded in wisdom & compassion.

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#6. Patience is a natural consequence of the cultivation of compassion & love, for ourselves and all beings.

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

Pema Chodron

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

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

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#10. Buddhism is a practice in which we learn to avoid injuring others, and ourselves. It's a practice in which we learn to respond to beauty, and to respond to difficult circumstances with patience, with a sense of calm, with clarity.

Frederick Lenz

#11. One of the best ways to support the development of patience is to cultivate happiness with yourself.

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#12. Life is learning how to deal with traffic. It requires patience, a good sense of timing, and sometimes not giving in to the traffic but reshaping your life.

Frederick Lenz

#13. Inner Peace can be seen as the ultimate benefit of practicing patience.

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#14. People in the midst of losing their patience are certainly experiencing as aspect of dukkha.

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#15. Patience requires a slowing down, a spaciousness, a sense of ease.

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#16. When we teach a child patience we offer them the gift of a dignified life.

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#17. One who is patient glows with an inner radiance.

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#18. When people used to complain to the Buddha that they were upset, telling him, "Our children upset us; our partner agitates us," his simple reply would be, "You are not upset because of your children or your partner; you are upset because you are upsettable.

Eknath Easwaran

#19. We cannot learn real patience and tolerance from a guru or a friend. They can be practiced only when we come in contact with someone who creates unpleasant experiences.

Dalai Lama XIV

#20. Technology offers us a unique opportunity, though rarely welcome, to practice patience.

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