Christ's cross is such a burden as sails are to a ship or wings to a bird.

Be not afraid for little grace. Christ soweth His living seed, and He will not lose His seed; if He have the guiding of my stock and state35 it shall not miscarry. Our spilt works, losses, deadness, coldness, wretchedness, are the ground which the good Husbandman laboureth.

Give Him leave to take His own way of dispensation with you; and though it be rough, forgive Him; He defieth you to have as much patience to Him, as He hath borne to you .

duties are ours, events are the Lord's.

do not faint; the wicked may hold the bitter cup to your head, but God mixeth it, and there is no poison in it. They strike, but God moves the rod; Shimei curseth, but it is because the Lord bids him.

It's a tough thing-you get in a situation where you feel you have to be perfect all the time and it sucks.

For some time I lived in fear of receiving a letter signed 'S. Gollum'. That would have been more difficult to deal with.

And that almost everyone was struggling to wake up, to be loved, and not feel so afraid all the time. That's what the cars, degrees, booze, and drugs were about.

I think it's important that we don't all have to hold our heads high all the time saying everything's fine.

To surrender to God means to let go and just love.

You're afraid of feelings the way you're afraid of food: you're afraid that once you start, you may never stop. But the truth is, feelings are only out of control when they're not handed over for divine resolution. Given to Divine Mind, they're lifted to divine right order—where they will be appropriately felt and then appropriately dissolved. So too shall it be with food appetites, for they are mere reflections of your turmoil or peace.

Similarly, if we want to be rid of fear, we cannot fight it but must replace it with love.