Sarada Devi (1853–1920) Hindu religious figure, spiritual consort of Ramakrishna
[The Message of Holy Mother, 17]
Source: Why We Can't Wait
Sarada Devi (1853–1920) Hindu religious figure, spiritual consort of Ramakrishna
[The Message of Holy Mother, 17]
Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor
Sarada Devi (1853–1920) Hindu religious figure, spiritual consort of Ramakrishna
[Thus Spake the Holy Mother, 72-73]
“Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie
Part II, section 1.
Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie (1847)
“Etymologically, 'patient' means sufferer.”
Susan Sontag (1933–2004) American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist
“Ye patient fields, rejoice!
The blessing that ye pray for silently
Is come at last”
Hartley Coleridge (1796–1849) British poet, biographer, essayist, and teacher
Sylphs
Poems (1851), Prometheus
Context: Ye patient fields, rejoice!
The blessing that ye pray for silently
Is come at last; for ye shall no more fade,
Nor see your flow'rets droop like famishing babes
Upon your comfortless breasts.
“If you are patient… and wait long enough… Nothing will happen”
Jim Davis (1945) American cartoonist and creator of Garfield
“When power is within reach, few will wait patiently for it.”
John Scalzi book The Ghost Brigades
Source: The Ghost Brigades (2006), Chapter 7 (p. 169)
“There she was, patiently waiting, alone, formidable in her gentleness.”
Emile Zola (1840–1902) French writer (1840-1902)