If the spiritual individual, for purposes of a defence, and development, of the humaneness of humanity, is hard on anything, he is hard only on the granite heart. Scholars always laboured under a tendency that permits the pre-eminence of the economist in Adam Smith, to obscure the importance of the ardent ethical theorist in him. Author of 'The Wealth of Nations', he is also the author of 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments', a work which preceded the former, furnished his name with a firm foundation for reputation, and contributed not unsubstantially to the studies in the science of ethics. In that book, Adam Smith seeks to make sympathy the fundamental fact of moral consciousness. Where anger breaks things and suffers losses, patience bears things and wins victories.
Impatience leads to loss of temper.
Be patient like the earth, gentle like the breeze, forbearing like the tree, fragrant like the rose, sweet like the honey. Herein lies the road to a rich, grand, compelling and inspiring personality as also to the joy and the perfection of living. The love that looks for a return, is a beggar. The kind act that turns back to seek for a reward, is a shopkeeper who gives you nothing unless you pay for it. The person who stops praying because it was not answered, never knows what prayer is.