Men fear being used; women fear being used up.

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

It is rewarding to find someone you like, but it is essential to like yourself. It is quickening to recognize that someone is a good and decent human being, but it is indispensable to view yourself as acceptable. It is a delight to discover people who are worthy of respect and admiration and love, but it is vital to believe yourself deserving of these things.

The divorced person is like a man with a black patch over one eye: he looks rather dashing but the fact is that he has been through a maiming experience.

We find what we expect to find. We do not see the world as it is but as we are.

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

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