Believing that other people are always better than you-better-looking, more capable, richer, more intelligent-and that it's very dangerous to step outside your own limits, so it's best to do nothing.

We have to be prepared for change.

As she had been walking from the ward to that room, she had felt such pure hatred that now she had no more rancor left in her heart. She had finally allowed her negative feelings to surface, feelings that had been repressed for years in her soul. She had actually FELT them, and they were no longer necessary, they could leave.

Live fully, love deeply, let go with no bitterness.

Before there was a proper understanding and a sense of God's presence, the idea that everything would one day end was utterly desolating.

Each person is different and each one will reach God by his or her own path.

Absolute freedom does not exist; what does exist is the freedom to choose anything you like and then commit yourself to that decision.