“May God break my heart so completely that the whole world falls in.”
~ Mother Teresa

“It gives me pause to realize that, were such a prayer said by me and answered by God, I would afterward possess a heart so open that even hate-driven zealots would fall inside…My sense of the world as a gift, my sense of a grace operative in this world despite its terrors, propels me to open my heart still wider, even if the openness comes by breaking, for I have seen the whole world fall into a few hearts, and nothing has ever struck me as more beautiful.”
~ David James Duncan

“Because of the nature of extremely close relationships … hurt is often experienced. So what? Hurt may feel like the end of the world, but it’s not. Hurt hurts. The degree to which you are willing to be hurt, not wanting to be hurt but willing to be hurt, is the degree to which you are willing to love, be loved, and be taught by love. Love can be your teacher, though it never teaches withdrawal from experiencing hurt. Other people are not the source of your hurt; the source of hurt is the fact that you love. Trust the love. If love is to hurt you, then let it hurt you fully. Let it annihilate you. Let your heart break open so that an even deeper love can be revealed.”
~ Gangaji

“One definition of Sufism is joy at sudden disappointment. The Sufis know that precisely the right disaster comes at the right moment to break us open to the helplessness that an opening of the heart requires.”
~ Coleman Barks