The problem of unmet expectations in marriage is primarily a problem of stereotyping. Each and every human being on this planet is a unique person. Since marriage is inevitably a relationship between two unique people, no one marriage is going to be exactly like any other. Yet we tend to wed with explicit visions of what a “good” marriage ought to be like. Then we suffer enormously from trying to force the relationship to fit the stereotype and from the neurotic guilt and anger we experience when we fail to pull it off.

God creates each soul differently, so that when all the mud is finally cleared away, His light will shine through it in a beautiful, colorful, totally new pattern.

True love is not a feeling by which we are overwhelmed. It is a committed, thoughtful decision.

There is no worse bitterness than to reach the end of your life and realized you have not lived.

Let me simply state that it is wrong to regard any other human being, a priori, as an object, or an 'It.' This is so because each and every human being - you, every friend, every stranger, every foreigner - is precious.

If you wish to discern either the presence or absence of integrity, you need to ask only one question. What is missing? Has anything been left out?

Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear.