Life

　　Life is difficult. This is a great truth,...It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult--once we truly understand and accept it--then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.
~ Scott Pect, The Road Less Travelled, Arrow Books, 1978.

　　So if you would truly derive profit from the discovery of your own imperfections, I would suggest two things. First of all, never try to justify yourself before God, and second, do not condemn yourself. Instead, why not quietly lay your imperfections before God?
~ Fenelon, Let Go, Whitaker House, 1973.

　　By slowly converting our loneliness into a deep solitude, we create that precious space where we can discover the voice telling us about our inner necessity--that is our vocation.
~ H. Nouwen, Reaching Out.