“If you want to live your whole life free from pain,you must either be a god or a corpse.”

“You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.”

“You can either be god of certain areas of your life, or let Me be God of your whole life.”

“embracing one's wholeness makes life more demanding--because once you do that, you must live your whole life. One of the most painful discoveries I made in the midst of the dark woods of depression was that a part of me wanted to stay depressed. As long as I clung to this living death, life became easier; little was expected of me, certainly not serving others.”

“The dedicated life is the life worth living. You must give with your whole heart.”

“All I wanted was for you to be free from everything. And with that freedom, you often showed me another world, so I wanted you to be even freer. I wanted you to be so free that you would live your life for other people.”