Love teaches the lover patience, forbearance, gentleness, because he thinks, "My beloved will be displeased; I will be as gentle as possible in my action and in my movements." These thoughts are a correction to the lover. With every such thought that passes in the life of the lover he corrects himself. Hope is the only thing in life which keeps us alive, because it feeds on love. Patience is fed by love. We can never have patience with anybody without love. How valuable is patience!