"Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is better." ― Herman Hesse Topic(s): Patience More From Herman Hesse "This happiness consisted of nothing else but the harmony of the few things around me with my own existence, a feeling of contentment and well-being that needed no changes and no intensification." "When trying to remember my share in the glow of the eternal present, in the smile of God, I return to my childhood, too, for that is where the most significant discoveries turn up." "It was morning; through the high window I saw the pure, bright blue of the sky as it hovered cheerfully over the long roofs of the neighboring houses. It too seemed full of joy, as if it had special plans, and had put on its finest clothes for the occasion." More In Patience "Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence."― Hal Borland "Genius is eternal patience."― Michelangelo "People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy."― Laurence Sterne