The capacity to be patient, to bear with others through thick and thin, is within the reach of anyone.

Eventually, meditation will make our mind calm, clear, and as concentrated as a laser which we can focus at will. This capacity of one-pointed attention is the essence of genius. When we have this mastery over attention in everything we do, we have a genius for life.

Patience can't be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it.

When we go slower, we are more patient and when we are more patient we have a choice in how we respond.

We become in part what our senses take in.

As we get deeper, we move closer and closer to other people; we feel closer to life as a whole.

Imagine a hot tub for the mind. That is what meditation is; it can bathe your mind in relaxing thoughts.