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Patience is a form of wisdom; it knows that nothing great is done in haste.
Seneca · Letters from a Stoic · paraphrase
What it means today

Haste mistakes motion for progress. Wisdom waits, and acts when the time is right. Most of what is great took longer than the impatient could bear.

Try this todayDelay one decision today by a little, and see if the waiting improves it.
Today’s questionWhat am I rushing, that would improve with patience?
#patience#wisdom#haste
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