“People tend to take pride in who they are. And that's a bad idea, because that stops you from becoming who you could be. Because, if you're proud of who you are, you won't let that go when it's necessary; you won't step away from it.”

“The better you learn to take care of yourself, the less you settle for being around people who can't or won't treat you as well as you're accustomed.”

“When someone won't let you in, eventually you stop knocking.”

“… if you look around the Christian faith, you won't find many of those proud people who are puffed up in their own 'fleshly' wisdom.”

“The hole in one's heart gets filled by others around you. Friends won't flock to someone who abandons the memory of his friends and gives up on the world just because things don't go the way he wants them to. That won't help fill the hole in your heart. And people won't help those who run away and do nothing. As long as you don't give up, there will always be salvation.”

“Thats the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other people who do will come along.”

“You have to let go of who you were to become who you will be.”

“If there is suffering, then it's best to accept it, because it won't go away just because you pretend it's not there. If there is joy, then it's best to accept that too, even though you're afraid it might end one day.”

“You have to let go of who you were to allow yourself to become who you are.”

“You've got to let go of who you were, to become who you will be.”