Allan Lokos quotes:

Honor your relationships by developing listening skills.

Inner Peace can be seen as the ultimate benefit of practicing patience.

Observing your thoughts, feelings & sensations is the grist of the practice.

Directing the mind to stay in the present can be a formidable task.

Remind yourself that your mental & emotional health are important.

Patience has all the time it needs.

The more we genuinely care about others the greater our own happiness & inner peace.

To advance spiritually requires a method of practice & determination to carry it out.

We must accept the reality that the causes of impatience travel a two-way street.

Our greatest happiness comes from the experience of love & compassion.

Patience is both the tool for and the result of, our efforts.

Support the type of thinking that leads you to feeling good, peaceful & happy.

Any methodology for developing patience requires a multi-tiered approach.

Thoughts, words, emotions & deeds not coming from love are likely coming from fear.

We train the mind so that we can enjoy greater peace, happiness, wisdom & equanimity.

Patience is a natural consequence of the cultivation of compassion & love, for ourselves and all beings.

The practice of lovingkindness can uplift us & relieve sorrow & unhappiness.

We all have issues & we have usually come by them honestly.

True patience is grounded in wisdom & compassion.

Our work is not to become a better person, but to become present to the perfection we already are.

An open beginner's mind is a powerful tool for developing patience.

Suffering usually relates to wanting things to be different from the way they are.

One doesn't have to be religious to lead a moral life or attain wisdom.

You cannot control the results, only your actions.

When we are aware of our weaknesses or negative tendencies, we open the opportunity to work on them.

That's why it's called a practice. We have to practice a practice if it is to be of value.

You actions are your only true belongings.

Being a senior doesn't automatically make one wise but the wise & foolish alike have things to teach us.

The experience of pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral is the consequences of perception.

The virtues of free enterprise can become distorted by greed & delusion.

To forgive does not mean to condone.

The art of peaceful living comes down to living compassionately & wisely.

When we teach a child patience we offer them the gift of a dignified life.

To forgive does not mean to forget.

Without the ability to be present we are missing much of what the adventure has to offer.

We need never be bound by the limitations of our previous or current thinking, nor are we ever locked into being the person we used to be, or think we are.

The erruption of feelings & emotions that follows a near-death exerience, or any event that causes us to stop & look deeply at the reality of our lives, is ripe with the potential for insight & clarity.

The essence of the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) is about identifying the cause of our suffering & alleviating it.

Compassion is not complete if it does not include oneself.

There is no illness that is not exacerbated by stress.

One who is patient glows with an inner radiance.

Technology offers us a unique opportunity, though rarely welcome, to practice patience.

Understanding the true nature of things, or seeing things as they really are, is the ground of wisdom.

Observe & accept what ever arises & know that everything is as it needs to be.

No one looks or feels attractive when angry.

So what is a good meditator? A good meditator meditates.

The most important step in developing skillful speech is to think before speaking.

While meditating we are simply seeing what the mind has been doing all along.

Our actions speak for us & they speak loudly.

Peace can be found within, no matter the external circumstances.

Patience requires a slowing down, a spaciousness, a sense of ease.

One of the best ways to support the development of patience is to cultivate happiness with yourself.

To be mindful entails examining the path we are traveling & making choices that alleviate suffering & bring happiness to ourselves & those around us.

We cannot force the development of mindfulness.

People in the midst of losing their patience are certainly experiencing as aspect of dukkha.

A modern definition of equanimity: cool. This refers to one whose mind remains stable & calm in all situations.

The venerable teachers, philosophers & spiritual practitioners throughout history have concluded that the greatest happiness we can experience comes from the development of an open, loving heart.

Accepting the reality of change gives rise to equanimity.

You honor yourself by acting with dignity and composure.

We are all in this together. Our happiness inextricably is tied to that of all beings.

Praise & esteem can feel good, which is fine, but don't look to them for inner peace & lasting happiness.

Patience is supported & nurtured by a quality of forgiveness.

Don't believe everything you think. Thoughts are just that - thoughts.

It is a powerful practice to be generous when you are the one feeling in need.

We all have issues and we have usually come by them honestly.

True patience is grounded in wisdom and compassion.

We yearn for there to be meaning to our lives, balanced with a sense of inner peace & joy.

We have no idea what tomorrow will bring, but today is overflowing with potential.

Patience lives in the gap between our experience of an event and our response to that experience.

So what is a good meditator? The one who meditates.

Do not speak about anyone who is not physically present.

Patience is the direct antithesis of anger.