“As already said , perfection in anything is not demanded at this stage, but the wise pupil strives towards perfection, knowing that at his best he is still far away from his ideal.
Thirdly, the candidate for full discipleship seeks to build into himself the sublime and far-reaching virtue of tolerance – the quiet acceptance of each man, each form of existence, as it is, without demand that it should be something other, shaped more to his own liking.
Beginning to realize that the one Life takes on countless limitations, each right in its own place and time, he accepts each limited expression of that Life without wishing to transform it into something else;
he learns to revere the wisdom which planned this world and which guides it, and to view with wide-eyed serenity the imperfect parts as they slowly work out their partial lives.”
Annie Besant
The Mark Of God: Understanding Your "I AM Presence" 