There is no way of steering successfully between a failed situation and a failed self except by stopping and taking our bearings.

One does not marry to become a judge of the spouse's behavior. If a marriage license is mistaken for a hunting license and disapproval, punishment, and threat of withdrawal of love are employed as weapons, all one bags is one's own unhappiness.

Many people, if they were to treat other people as they treat their spouses, would soon have not a friend in the world. Why it is assumed that marriage is more impervious to the effects of discourtesy than friendship, I do not know.

In order to plan your future wisely, it is necessary that you understand and appreciate your past.

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

It is possible to ruin a chicken in the cooking of it, but not easily. Short of burning it or letting it get dried out, you can hardly go wrong.

There is no way of steering successfully between a failed situation and a failed self except by stopping and taking our bearings.