
“Mastering our emotions has nothing to do with asceticism or repression, for the purpose is not to break the emotions or deny them but to "break in" the emotions, making them teachable because they are tamed.”
― God in the Dark: The Assurance of Faith Beyond a Shadow of Doubt
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