Chilon Quotes

True enough, nature has endowed me with a fair measure of patience and composure, yet I should be lying if I told you that, having seen the reporter off on his way to make his deadline, I fell peacefully asleep.

I try to be a nice person, but it's difficult sometimes.

If it was necessary to tolerate in other people everything that one permits oneself, life would be unbearable.

I'm patient.

A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything.

To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.

There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third most important secret is patience.

Forbear to speak evil not only of your friends, but also of your enemies.

I lost my tolerance for a lot of things I probably should have tolerated.

Never give up. Never give in. Never become hostile... Hate is too big a burden to bear.

You've got to be able to let things roll off your back, and you've got to have some patience.

The hardest thing to do when people are hurting you is to remain a decent person.

To develop patience, you need someone who willfully hurts you. Such people give us real opportunities to practice tolerance. They test our inner strength in a way that even our guru cannot. Basically, patience protects us from being discouraged.

When an evil-doer, seeing you practise goodness, comes and maliciously insults you, you should patiently endure it and not feel angry with him, for the evil-doer is insulting himself by trying to insult you.

The severest test of character is not so much the ability to keep a secret as it is, when the secret is finally out, to refrain from disclosing that you knew it all along.

Compassion, tolerance, forgiveness and a sense of self-discipline are qualities that help us lead our daily lives with a calm mind

People piss you off but its always important to forgive and forget.

He who does not take insults seriously, is on the path to wisdom.

Don't have any more secrets than you can keep yourself.

We must endure the contempt of others without reciprocating that contempt.

These are the few ways we can practice humility: To speak as little as possible of one's self. To mind one's own business. Not to want to manage other people's affairs. To avoid curiosity. To accept contradictions and correction cheerfully. To pass over the mistakes of others. To accept insults and injuries. To accept being slighted, forgotten and disliked. To be kind and gentle even under provocation. Never to stand on one's dignity. To choose always the hardest.

We must regard all matter as an intrusted secret which we believe the person concerned would wish to be considered as such. Nay, further still, we must consider all circumstances as secrets intrusted which would bring scandal upon another if told.

Patience and love can do anything.

There are some secrets we keep because we can't bear to let them out and some because it's better to keep them in.

If a man keeps his trap shut, the world will beat a path to his door.