Think on this doctrine,—that reasoning beings were created for one another’s sake; that to be patient is a branch of justice, and that men sin without intending it. – Meditations, Book IV

My Take – If there is a purpose for us to be here, it should be to be of use to others.  I’m not saying that every person ought to devote their lives to serving the poor and tending the sick in the third world, but I feel it is my place to be a support to those in my life who need it.  I’m not the most touchy feely guy, but I do feel an obligation to be there for someone when it’s necessary.

Patience is one of the hardest things to teach a child, and it’s one of those things that as an adult I continually find myself having to redevelop.  I look at being patient as payback for all those who have been and continue to be patient with me.  It’s not easy, but it’s part of being polite.

As for other’s doing wrong without knowing it, that’s pretty much self explanatory.  A lot of people, even those who try to be observant of the world, do wrong without realizing it or setting out to follow that path.  Maybe it’s incidental to what they do, maybe it’s incidental to what they don’t do.  The difference between a good person and a twit is that when it is brought to their attention, the twit doesn’t apologize and finds a reason to say they were in the right.