Letter 1134

Isidore of PelusiumUnknown|isidore pelusium
From: Isidore of Pelusium, monk
To: An unnamed person
Date: ~410 AD
Context: Isidore writes on matters of patience.

Patience is not passive endurance but active resistance to despair. It is the virtue that sustains all other virtues through the trials that would otherwise destroy them.

Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.