As a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, wise people falter not amidst blame and praise.
A shared theme
Patience & Tolerance
Patience (sabr, savlanut, kshanti) is a named virtue almost everywhere, and it extends naturally into tolerance: bearing with other people, their faults and their differences. Steadfastness in the good and evenness of mind in gain and loss complete the picture.
Buddhism
7 versesChristianity
7 versesAnd let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Confucianism
9 versesThe Master said, "The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress."
Hinduism
4 versesHe through whom the world is not agitated, and who is not agitated by the world, who is free from joy and anger and fear and agitation, he too is dear to me.
Islam
7 versesSo, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief: Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
Jainism
5 versesTo a monk who has left his sons and wives, and who has ceased to act, nothing pleasant can occur, nor anything unpleasant.
Judaism
8 versesWait on the LORD; Be strong, and let thy heart take courage; Yea, wait thou for the LORD.
Sikhism
4 versesOne who is not affected by pleasure or pain, who looks upon friend and enemy alike - says Nanak, listen, mind: know that such a person is liberated.
Sufism
7 versesGive me the cup! a voice rings in mine ears / Crying: “Bear patiently the bitter years! / For all thine ills, I send thee heavenly grace. …
Taoism
2 versesThere is the great Mass (of nature);--I find the support of my body on it; my life is spent in toil on it; my old age seeks ease on it; at death I find rest in it;--what makes my life a good makes my death also a good. …
Where the traditions differ
The Quran makes sabr one of its most repeated commands and pairs it with prayer. The Gita's equanimity (samatva) in success and failure is a path to liberation. Buddhist patience is the antidote to anger and the third perfection (paramita). Christian endurance is modelled on suffering love. Taoist patience is closer to timing — not forcing, letting things ripen. Confucian perseverance is in self-cultivation and duty. The emotional texture differs; the counsel to hold steady does not. On tolerance of other beliefs, the traditions range from Jainism's many-sidedness of truth (anekantavada) and the Rig Veda's 'truth is one, the wise call it by many names', to the Quran's 'no compulsion in religion', while each also holds its own path to be true; the verses here are those that counsel forbearance toward others.