Excessive competitiveness, anxiety, hostility, suspiciousness, all originate in the nursery years. That is why, if we want a world of peace and not violence, love and not hate, cooperation and not murder, justice and not selfishness, we have to learn how to make childhood more happy. No nobler task could be pursued by our generation.

Tolerance is the positive and cordial effort to understand another's beliefs, practices, and habits without necessarily sharing or accepting them.

We achieve inner health only through forgiveness - the forgiveness not only of others but also of ourselves.

Self-understanding rather than self-condemnation is the way to inner peace and mature conscience.

Treasure each other in the recognition that we do not know how long we shall have each other.

"And they lived happily ever after" is one of the most tragic sentences in literature. It's tragic because it's falsehood. It is a myth that has led generations to expect something from marriage that is not possible.

Nature does not demand that we be perfect. It requires only that we grow.