The path of negation is what leads to the end of identification; Dropping a state is not the same as transfiguration of the character that embodied the state; Anything talking to you is an act of imagination; Unless you come to completely doubt yourself, you will never grow; Loathing oneself is the flip side of loving oneself; Doubt should be your instant companion in the face of any negative state; You must still love God even in the moments when you feel nothing loving within you; The aim of your work is the development of will; Life is exchange -- what I give, I get; The only time most people want to die to themselves is when they hate their life.