"Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown." ― Soren Kierkegaard Topic(s): Patience More From Soren Kierkegaard "Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each other, to let their souls blend in a soft whisper, so the mystic longs for the moment when in prayer he can, as it were, creep into God." "There are, as is known, insects that die in the moment of fertilization. So it is with all joy: life’s highest, most splendid moment of enjoyment is accompanied by death." "Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living." More In Patience "That’s why I never became a director. I never had patience with people."― Ray Harryhausen "Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humility, and calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish."― David Mallet "Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while."― Ambrose Bierce