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The deepest wounds aren't the ones we get from other people hurting us. They are the wounds we give ourselves when we hurt other people.

The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.

The extent to which two people in a relationship can bring up and resolve issues is a critical marker of the soundness of a relationship.

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.

The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.

The first time I saw my wife, Marjorie, I was doing stand-up in Memphis, and she was sitting in the front row. Afterward, I walked up and said, "Ma'am, I'm going to marry you one day". And 15 years later, I did.

The fundamental glue that holds any relationship together is trust.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

The glue that holds all relationships together ... is trust, and trust is based on integrity.

The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without a purpose.

The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive.

The great paradox of the 21st century is that, in this age of powerful technology, the biggest problems we face internationally are problems of the human soul.

The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters.

The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers.

The highest prize in a world of men is the most beautiful woman available on your arm and living there in her heart loyal to you.

The key to a good relationship is the key. Give me back the key.

The key to staying together is making sure you guys like each other and need each other.

The message about sex and relationships that she had gotten as a child... was confused, contradictory. Sex was for men, and marriage, like lifeboats, was for women and children.

The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry.

The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are. And if our words and our actions come from superficial human relations techniques (the Personality Ethic) rather than from our own inner core (the Character Ethic), others will sense that duplicity. We simply won't be able to create and sustain the foundation necessary for effective interdependence.

The more I know you, the more I want to know you more.

The moment love becomes a relationship, it becomes a bondage, because there are expectations and there are demands and there are frustrations, and an effort from both sides to dominate. It becomes a struggle for power.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

The most wonderful of all things in life, I believe, is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a glowing depth, beauty, and joy as the years increase.

The most wonderful of all things in life is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a growing depth, beauty and joy as the years increase. This inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvelous thing; it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It is a sort of divine accident, and the most wonderful of all things in life.

The objective of two lovers is almost always the same; to find meaning in their individual lives and in their life together.

Then the highest state of love is prayerfulness. In prayerfulness there is communion. In sex there is the I/it relationship, in love the I/thou relationship. Martin Buber stops there; his Judaic tradition won't allow him to go further. But one step more has to be taken that is neither 'I' nor 'thou' - a relationship where I and thou disappear, a relationship where two persons no longer function as two but function as one. A tremendous unity, a harmony, a deep accord - two bodies but one soul. That is the highest quality of love. I call it prayerfulness.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

The one who loves least controls the relationship.

The paper burns, but the words fly away.

The place to begin building any relationship is inside ourselves, inside our circle of influence, our own character.

There are different points of view about how to approach this experience of ultimate ecstasy, as some people describe it, or ultimate nirvana or ultimate fulfillment.

The quality of your life is the quality of where you live emotionally

The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make on your wedding day, and over and over again and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband.

The purpose of relationship is not to have another who might complete you, but to have another with whom you might share your completeness.

There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves.

The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

There are so many things that demand to be said. Where did you go? Do you ever think about me? You've ruined me. Are you okay? But of course, I can't say any of that.

There comes a point in a relationship when you realize that you trust someone enough to let them keep their secrets.

There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff, enough seats, sandwiches and briefings and the ability to understand deadlines.

There is a close relationship between a house full of possessions and a heart full of desires, between a cluttered closet and a crowded schedule, between having no place to put possessions and having no priorities for our life. These are precious clues. They remind us to slow down, to live in the present, to reduce the desires that drain our vitality, to clarify priorities so we can give our time and attention to what matters most. Tragically, in the press of modern life, we have managed to get backwards one of life's most vital truths: people are to be loved; things are to be used.

There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.

There is harmony in the tension of opposites, as in the case of the bow and lyre.

There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.

There is one question that I don't think Gary Condit can answer, and that I think is why we all aimed at Gary Condit, besides the fact that he has a relationship.

The relationship between a Russian and a bottle of vodka is almost mystical.

The relationship between officers and men should in no sense be that of superior and inferior, nor that of master and servant, but rather that of teacher and scholar. In fact, it should partake of the nature of the relationship between father and son, to the extent that officers, especially commanding officers, are responsible for the physical, mental, and moral welfare, as well as the discipline and military training of the young men under their command.

The relationship of the two problems is rather the reverse. To a great extent disarmament is dependent on guarantees of peace. Security comes first and disarmament second.