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“The word 'jihad' has nowhere been used in the Qur'an to mean war in the sense of launching an offensive. It is used rather to mean 'struggle'. the action most consistently called for in the Qur'an is the exercise of patience. (p. 7-8)”
― Wahiduddin Khan, The True Jihad: The Concept of Peace, Tolerance and Non Violence in Islam

“Patience is supported & nurtured by a quality of forgiveness.”
― Allan Lokos, Patience: The Art of Peaceful Living

“The enemy is the necessary condition for practicing patience.”
― His Holiness The Dalai Lama

“Other people can’t cause us to be impatient unless we let them do so. In other words, others don’t make us impatient. We make ourselves impatient, through our expectations and demands, fixated attachments and stuckness.”
― Lama Surya Das