Sometimes pain and illness are not meant to be removed. You can't second-guess God. Rather than praying for it to go away, it's often wiser to pray that you learn as much from it as you possibly can.

Letting go of our suffering is the hardest work we will ever do. It is also the most fruitful. To heal means to meet ourselves in a new way -- in the newness of each moment where all is possible and nothing is limited to the old.

Go to the truth beyond the mind. Love is the bridge.

If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call to make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?

That which is impermanent attracts compassion. That which is not provides wisdom. (116)

Our work is to keep our hearts open in hell.

There is nothing noble about suffering except the love and forgiveness with which we meet it. Many believe that if they are suffering they are closer to God, but I have met very few who could keep their heart open to their suffering enough for that to be true. (124)