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

Operating in an unlit world, the unconscious mind is a brilliant detective.

While it is necessary to eat and therefore it is pleasantest to eat food that looks handsome and tastes good, on the other hand there are things I would far rather do than spend time in a kitchen.

Most people ask of their friends that they understand them, but, on balance, I think I prefer a friend who understands himself.

The more deeply the path is etched, the more it is used, and the more it is used, the more deeply it etched.

It takes an enormous amount of energy, creative energy withdrawn from the total economy of the person, to hold a trait underground, and, unfortunately, needs and drives do not go underground alone; they carry with them useful parts of the personality, depriving it of richness and the possibility of a variety of response.

cookbooks, I found, are intended for people with time to cook - and, surprisingly often, for people who already know how to cook.