Joy is hidden in sorrow and sorrow in joy. If we try to avoid sorrow at all costs, we may never taste joy, and if we are suspicious of ecstasy, agony can never reach us either. Joy and sorrow are the parents of our spiritual growth.

I have found it very important...to let go of my wishes and start hoping.

[...]when two people have become present to each other, the waiting of one must be able to cross the narrow line between the living or dying of the other.

Our efforts to disconnect ourselves from our own suffering end up disconnecting our suffering from God's suffering for us. The way out of our loss and hurt is in and through.

Life is just a little opportunity for you during a few years to say, "I love you, too."

I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.

Joy is hidden in sorrow and sorrow in joy. If we try to avoid sorrow at all costs, we may never taste joy, and if we are suspicious of ecstasy, agony can never reach us either. Joy and sorrow are the parents of our spiritual growth.