Forget the pain. Learn to endure. Focus your attention elsewhere.

The only way to pass any test is to take the test. All tests on every level are always repeated one way or another until you pass.

The releasing of attachment to object and certain beliefs was already indelibly written as a very necessary step in my human progress toward being.

I have learned that everything is an opportunity for spiritual enrichment.

If you go to bed at night and think about your day and you haven't laughed very much, then you must jump out of bed and go do something fun.

The real people nation have for centuries had the practice at birth of speaking the same first phrase to all newborns. Each person hears the same exact first human words: "We love you and support you on the journey." At their final celebration, everyone hugs them and repeats the phrase again.

...the limitations of my endurance were expanded over and over. At times I felt that if I did not sit down I would collapse. Then something would happen to attract my attention...miraculously, the distraction always provided wings, carrying new strength, a second wind.