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.

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

What nonsense it is, this desire to be without limitations, this wish always to be seen in the most flattering light. We are anxious, not because we think so little of ourselves, but because we think so much of ourselves. We are anxious, not that we may appear in the worst light, but that we may not appear in the best light. Anxiety is born of self-consciousness, and it is alleviated to the exact extent that we can drop consciousness of the self.

If you defy the system long enough you'll be rewarded. At first life takes revenge and reduces you to a sniveling mess. But keep sniveling, have the madness, the audacity, to do what interests you, forget about your pension, and eventually life will say all right, we'll let you do it.

It is one of those quirks of human nature that you love the person whom you treat well, not necessarily the person who treats you well.

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

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.