From every human being there rises a light that reaches straight to heaven, and when two souls that are destined to be together find each other, the streams of light flow together and a single brighter light goes forth from that united being.
-Baal Shem Tov
Quotations
Marriage
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
-Jane Austen
"Pride and Prejudice"
In marriage, everyday you love and everyday you forgive. It is an ongoing sacrament, love and forgiveness.
-Bill Moyers
Marriage should be between a spouse and a spouse, not a gender and a gender.
-Hendrik Hertzberg
Don’t be jealous if I spend 50% of my time with you and 50% of my time with others, because you get 100% of 50%, while all the others have to share that other 50%. This is the speech I’ve prepared to tell my wife in the future, when I’m spending a majority minus one percent of my time with my clones.
-Jarod Kintz "This Book Has No Title"
Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: Routine.
-Honoré De Balzac
The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding.
-Oscar Wilde
I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage.
-Mahatma Gandhi
Marriage isn't about Winning - It's about Lasting
-Mark Gorman
Become the kind of person the kind of person you would like to marry would like to marry.
-Douglas Wilson
