Self-affirmation cannot be found in love; it is a prior condition of genuine love.

You do not need to be loved, not at the cost of yourself. The single relationship that is truly central and crucial in a life is the relationship to the self.

Self-affirmation cannot be found in love; it is a prior condition of genuine love.

Affection may be abiding and love may be abiding, but the state of being in love is transitory.

At what age should one marry? As a rule of thumb, perhaps not until you are past the age of feeling strongly that you must marry.

It is characteristic to believe that those in need are given to, that the squeaky hinge is the one that gets the oil, but in the realm of emotions this is not so. It is the person who does not solicit liking and love, admiration and respect, sympathy and empathy to whom they are freely given.

Hardening of the hearteries is the most serious affliction besetting marriage, and warm, good-humored, approving words are the only effective preventive.