“It takes courage...to endure the sharp pains of self discovery rather than choose to take the dull pain of unconsciousness that would last the rest of our lives.”
“Snatching happiness takes a lot more courage than enduring unhappiness.”
“[Faith] was something other than an intellectual exercise. There were no words, no lofty concepts, that could take away the pain. Faith was living with the pain.”
“So often the pain of our life is no more than a reminder to take our hand off the stove.”
“Even painfully shy and awkward people are not painfully shy or awkward when they are alone. The way to access this natural, comfortable alone-self when you are with others is by choosing to forbid yourself to wonder what "they" are thinking. Instead, force yourself to exist in the instant, then take it- and give it- as it comes.”
“You believe you could not live with the pain. Such pain is not lived with. It is only endured. I am sorry.”