{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/211/2110465.htm","path":"chr/ecf/211/2110465.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/211/2110465.htm","text":"That the peace of our heart does not depend on another\u2019s will, but lies in our own control.\nThe chief part then of our improvement and peace of mind must not be made to depend on another\u2019s will, which cannot possibly be subject to our authority, but it lies rather in our own control. And so the fact that we are not angry ought not to result from another\u2019s perfection, but from our own virtue, which is acquired, not by somebody else\u2019s patience, but by our own long-suffering.","title":"Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. XI: The Wor...","type":"page"}