Marriage isn't supposed to make you happy - it's supposed to make you married.

Bad marriages don't cause infidelity; infidelity causes bad marriages.

The secret to having a good marriage is to understand that marriage must be total, it must be permanent, and it must be equal.

Love is not something people feel, but something people try to express no matter how they feel.

The more things we can laugh about, the more alive we become: The more things we can laugh about together, the more connected we become.

Fidelity is the single most important element in solidly enduring marriages.

Marriage, like a submarine, is only safe if you get all the way inside.

Fathering makes a man, whatever his standing in the eyes of the world, feel strong and good and important, just as he makes his child feel loved and valued.

Fathering is the most masculine thing a man can do.

Parents can make us distrust ourselves. To them, we seem always to be works-in-progress.

Why do otherwise sane, competent, strong men, men who can wrestle bears or raid corporations, shrink away in horror at the thought of washing a dish or changing a diaper?

Every woman knows that, regardless of all her other achievements, she is a failure if she is not beautiful.

Curiosity lights a fire

The best life is a simple harmony between who you are and where you're going.

There's the downtown area of Tupelo. Did you see the skyscrapers? Two stories.

I learned to discipline myself to do things I didn't want to do

The sun will rise tomorrow, even if you get knocked out in 30 seconds.

I'm used to a feeling of doubleness, of thinking one thing and having to do another, a constant tug-of-war.

Before civil disobedience can be practised on a vast scale, people must learn the art of civil or voluntary obedience.

It is a symbol evoking a reality that touches the depths of the person ... the light of goodness that vanquishes evil, of love that overcomes hatred, of life that defeats death.

There's so much to learn! And just when we think, "I've got it. I really understand what's going on," we're shown a whole new stage set on which to play.