“Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.”

“Nothing can work damage to me except myself; the harm that I sustain I carry about with me and never am a real sufferer except by my own fault.”

“I can do nothing for you but work on myself… you can do nothing for me but work on yourself!”

“You could call me antisocial, I’ve called myself that sometimes too, but I just prefer to be alone, and that’s nothing against you.”

“Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself.”

“To go for your dreams, you have to use action, thinking is not enough. Every day what am I studying about, that can help me, that can empower me to become better at what I do - become a greater version of myself. It's not about success or failure it's about enjoying what you do - have fun.”

“I cannot come to be fully human unless I have received myself as a gift and accepted myself as a gift of somebody who has, as we say today, distorted me the way you distorted me by loving me.”

“In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.”

“As a recluse I couldn't bear traffic. It had nothing to do with jealousy, I simply disliked people, crowds, anywhere, except at my readings. People diminished me, they sucked me dry.”

“God not only loves me as I am, but also knows me as I am. Because of this I don’t need to apply spiritual cosmetics to make myself presentable to Him. I can accept ownership of my poverty and powerlessness and neediness.”