“Much of your pain is self-chosen.”

“Much of your pain is self-chosen.It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.Therefore trust the physician, and drink his remedy in silence and tranquility:For his hand, though heavy and hard, is guided by the tender hand of the Unseen,And the cup he brings, though it burn your lips, has been fashioned of the clay which the Potter has moistened with His own sacred tears.”

“Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy”

“Pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. ”

“For what is prayer but the expansion of your self into the living ether?”

“The self same well from which your laughs rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.”

“Like a procession you walk together towards your god-self.”