Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.