Often admitting our weakness and fear is the first step to finding rest in God. Our trust in Him isn't conveyed though superhuman confidence as much as it comes in the way of childlike reliance on Him.

God is bigger than our pain and sorrows. He's bigger than our guilt. He is able to take anything we give Him and turn it around for good.

And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.

If you want to control someone, all you have to do is to make them feel afraid.

Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place.

And if I'm alone in bed, I will go to the window, look up at the sky, and feel certain that loneliness is a lie, because the Universe is there to keep me company.

God, I am trying to recover my faith. Please don't abandon me in the middle of this adventure, I prayed, pushing my fears aside.

Make whatever decision you wish but never forget one thing: all of you are much better than you believed. Take advantage of the chance that tragedy has given you; not everyone is capable of doing so

You don't seem mad at all,' she said. But I am, although I'm undergoing a cure, because my problem is that I lack a particular chemical. However, while I hope that the chemical gets rid of my chronic depression, I want to continue being mad, living life the way I dream it, and not the way other people want it to be. Do you know what exists out there, beyond the walls of Villete?

Fear again. If you want to control someone, all you have to do is to make them feel afraid.

Having the courage to take the steps we always wanted to take is the only way of showing that we trust in God.

I'm not worried about tomorrow, because God is there already, waiting for me.