Once, the Rabbi of Vorka was traveling with a friend in a carriage. His companion complained that the coachman was going too fast. To this the coachman reacted in a violent manner, insulting both passengers. "How can you be so calm and accept this abuse?" wondered the rabbi's traveling companion.
The rabbi answered, "Because I was prepared for even more insolence and abuse than that which we are receiving."
— Nilton Bonder, The Kabbalah of Envy