Hope is passion for what is possible.

Since boredom advances and boredom is the root of all evil, no wonder, then, that the world goes backwards, that evil spreads. This can be traced back to the very beginning of the world. The gods were bored; therefore they created human beings.

Doubt is thought's despair; despair is personality's doubt. . . . Doubt and despair . . . belong to completely different spheres; different sides of the soul are set in motion. . . . Despair is an expression of the total personality, doubt only of thought.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

Where am I? Who am I? How did I come to be here? What is this thing called the world? How did I come into the world? Why was I not consulted? And If I am compelled to take part in it, where is the director? I want to see him.

Busyness, keeping up with others, hustling hither and yon, makes it almost impossible for an individual to form a heart.

I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God