Her great merit is finding out mine -- there is nothing so amiable as discernment.

Her great merit is finding out mine -- there is nothing so amiable as discernment.

Well, it seems to me that the best relationships - the ones that last - are frequently the ones that read more

Well, it seems to me that the best relationships - the ones that last - are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship. You know, one day you look at the person and you see something more than you did the night before. Like a switch has been flicked somewhere. And the person who was just a friend is... suddenly the only person you can ever imagine yourself with

The key to faith is what we are willing to sacrifice to obtain it.

The key to faith is what we are willing to sacrifice to obtain it.

When yer in a funk, people in love are a royal pain in the patookus.

When yer in a funk, people in love are a royal pain in the patookus.

When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months read more

When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we're still unfulfilled, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising. This can go on and on--series polygamy--until we admit that while a partner can add sweet dimensions to our lives, we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Nobody else can provide it for us, and to believe otherwise is to delude ourselves dangerously and to program for eventual failure every relationship we enter.

In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a read more

In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a great relief.

If a relationship is to evolve, it must go through a series of endings.

If a relationship is to evolve, it must go through a series of endings.

You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.

You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.