This is the secret of life: the self lives only by dying, finds its identity (and its happiness) only by self-forgetfulness, self-giving, self-sacrifice, and agape love.

Lose yourself wholly and the more you lose the more you will find.

Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.

If you never take risks, you'll never accomplish great things. Everybody dies, but not everyone has lived.

To forget oneself is to be happy.

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.

We're not on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves. But in doing that you save the world. The influence of a vital person vitalizes.

So sacrifice some of your darlings for the greater good. Cut your ambition in half. You're better off with a kick-ass half than a half-assed whole. Most

It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to lose it all.

In the first half of life, we fight the devil and have the illusion and inflation of "winning" now and then; in the second half of life, we always lose because we are invariably fighting God.

The spiritual man in mythology, in literature and in the great world religions has an excess of life, he knows he has it, makes no apology for it, and finally recognizes that he does not even need to protect or guard it. It is not for him. It is for others. His life is not his own. His life is not about him. It is about God.

You do not climb up to your True Self. You fall into it, so don't avoid all falling