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.

In solitude we become aware that our worth is not the same as our usefulness.

Forgiveness changes the way we remember. It converts the curse into a blessing. Forgiveness indeed heals memories . . .

Our glory is hidden in our pain, if we allow God to bring the gift of himself in our experience of it.

Solitude does not pull us away from our fellow human beings but instead makes real fellowship possible.

Spiritual maturity is not knowing what to do with your whole life, but just knowing what to do next.

When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.