Many ordinary illnesses are nothing but the expression of a serious dissatisfaction with life.

Sickness may be the solemn occasion of God's intervention in a person's life.

There are two things we cannot do alone. One is to be married and the other is to be a Christian.

...the highest sign of friendship is that of giving another the privilege of sharing your inner thought.

Most illnesses do not, as is generally thought, come like a bolt out of the blue. The ground is prepared for years through faulty diet, intemperance, overwork, and moral conflicts, slowly eroding the subject's vitality.

The real meaning of travel, like that of a conversation by the fireside, is the discovery of oneself through contact with other people, and its condition is self-commitment in the dialogue.

Marriage teaches you loyalty, forbearance, self-restraint, meekness, and a great many other things you wouldn't need if you had stayed single.