patience

Complementary virtues¶

• calmness
• endurance
• forbearance
• good temper
• mercy
• serenity

Contrasting vices¶

• boredom?
• impatience

Virtues possibly in tension¶

• boldness

How to acquire or strengthen it¶

TBD

Notes and links¶

• Notes on Patience & Forbearance (David, LessWrong)
• Skills You Need: Patience

Mentioned elsewhere¶

• One of the seven Christian virtues of Prudentius (a.k.a. mercy).
• One of the virtues discussed in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics

Inspirational quotes¶

• Levius fit patientia, Quicquid corrigere est nefas “What cannot be quite cured, is made easier by patience” (Horace, Odes).
• “What signifies your Patience, if you can’t find it when you want it?” — Poor Richard’s Almanac