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When the actions or words of others provoke us, it is easy to become irritable, resentful, or indignant; it is hard to practise a bland patience and exercise a philosophic tolerance. But that is just what the aspirant must do.

-- Notebooks Category 6: Emotions and Ethics > Chapter 5 : Spiritual Refinement > # 144