“Marriage is but a consolidation of resources”
“Paradox of marriage: you can never know someone entirely; you do know someone entirely.”
“If you don’t capture the moments, it will be gone forever.”
“Opinions of others may temporary influence your decisions. But you ought to follow your own inner voice.”
“What matters is not how long it takes but the grace of fulfilled dream.”
“Maiden Name Marrying left your maiden name disused. Its five light sounds no longer mean your face, Your voice, and all your variants of grace; For since you were so thankfully confused By law with someone else, you cannot be Semantically the same as that young beauty: It was of her that these two words were used. Now it s a phrase applicable to no one, Lying just where you left it, scattered through Old lists, old programmes, a school prize or two Packets of letters tied with tartan ribbon - Then is it scentless, weightless, strengthless, wholly Untruthful? Try whispering it slowly. No, it means you. Or, since you re past and gone, It means what we feel now about you then: How beautiful you were, and near, and young, So vivid, you might still be there among Those first few days, unfingermarked again. So your old name shelters our faithfulness, Instead of losing shape and meaning less With your depreciating luggage laden.”
“None of us marry perfection; we marry potential.”
“Guess it s high time we add the 8th vow in marriage promising that we shall spend time with our husband or wife more than with social networking sites!”
“In any situation, listen and follow the first instinct, the sacred inner voice.”
“It is not clear that married people are, on average, happier than those who never married, because unhappily married people are the least happy group of all and they pull down the average.”
“Marriages can endure any difficulty with unfailing love and dedication.”
“De ce fug unii de căsătorie? De ce au senzaţia că este ca o închisoare, că oamenii care se căsătoresc sunt prizonieri pe viaţă? Este, poate, unul dintre cele mai frumoase lucruri care ni se pot întampla. De ce să nu fie totul complet? De ce să nu privim căsătoria ca pe un lucru minunat ce împlineşte o relaţie, care o întregeşte. Şi individualismul? Ce e cu toată filosofia asta? Poţi să-ţi păstrezi individualitatea şi-n căsnicie, depinde doar de tine, de modul în care comunici cu celălalt.”
“What you pray for today, will be manifest tomorrow.”
“Over the years I have written many a letter for the wedding of one of the brothers and preached many a wedding sermon. The chief characteristic of such occasions essentially rested in the fact that, in the face of the last times (I do not mean this to sound quite so apocalyptic), someone dares to take a step of such affirmation of the earth and its future. It was then always very clear to me that a person could take this step as a Christian truly only from within a very strong faith and on the basis of grace. For here in the midst of the final destruction of all things, one desires to build; in the midst of a life lived from hour to hour and from day to day, one desires a future; in the midst of being driven out from the earth, one desires a bit of space; in the midst of the widespread misery, one desires some happiness. And the overwhelming thing is that God says yes to this strange longing, that here God consents to our will, whereas it usually meant to be just the opposite.”
“Every sacred marriage will survive all times with great love and patient commitment.”
“Love ignites soul with the superb light.”
“Love is a blazing fire.”