Why does Sai Baba place so much importance on patience? What does he say are the benefits of having it?

According to the teachings in Chapter 19, Sai Baba elevates patience, or Saburi, to a supreme virtue essential for life and spiritual progress. He describes patience as "the manliness of men" and a powerful force that wards off sin, distress, poverty, and fear. He further extols its virtues by calling it a "mine of virtues" and the "queen of the King of Good Thoughts." Baba teaches that patience averts calamities and ultimately leads to success. He considers a life without it to be in vain, regardless of one's scholarship or other virtues, and emphasizes its close relationship with faith, calling them "two sisters, dear as life to each other."