Marriage . . . is not a love affair; it is an ordeal. (92)

Every story you tell is your own story.

In marriage you are not sacrificing yourself to the other person. You are sacrificing yourself to the relationship.

Any disaster you can survive is an improvement in your character, your stature, and your life

Man should not be in the service of society, society should be in the service of man. When man is in the service of society, you have a monster state, and that's what is threatening the world at this minute.

The Fates guide those who will and drag those who won't!

The key to the Grail is compassion, 'suffering with,' feeling another's sorrow as if it were your own. The one who finds the dynamo of compassion is the one who's found the Grail.