Suffering Fools Gladly

It's not uncommon for an obituary of a successful person to include the observation that he or she "didn't suffer fools gladly." This is a way of saying that despite the person's impressive intelligence or talent he or she couldn't be bothered to treat less smart or accomplished people in a kind or supportive manner. That is to say, he or she was a jerk, or at the very least ungracious and unenlightened. I say let's start identifying the opposite, enlightened behavior in obits and on headstones. I can picture it:

Here lies Gautama Buddha (ca 560 to 480 BCE): He suffered fools gladly.

UPDATE: Of course, one very good reason to suffer fools gladly is that only time will tell who was the fool and who wasn't.