With renunciation life begins.

With renunciation life begins.

Nobody's interested in sweetness and light.

Nobody's interested in sweetness and light.

For me, the highest level of sexual excitement is in a monogamous relationship.

For me, the highest level of sexual excitement is in a monogamous relationship.

Her great merit is finding out mine -- there is nothing so amiable as discernment.

Her great merit is finding out mine -- there is nothing so amiable as discernment.

Distance shouldn't be a factor in a relationship but communication, trust and commitment should be.

Distance shouldn't be a factor in a relationship but communication, trust and commitment should be.

When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months read more

When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we're still unfulfilled, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising. This can go on and on--series polygamy--until we admit that while a partner can add sweet dimensions to our lives, we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Nobody else can provide it for us, and to believe otherwise is to delude ourselves dangerously and to program for eventual failure every relationship we enter.

One of the weaknesses in the cooperative is that it has never been sufficiently leavened by the imagination. This is read more

One of the weaknesses in the cooperative is that it has never been sufficiently leavened by the imagination. This is a quick-silver faculty, and likely to be a cause of worry to any collective settlement.

Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.

Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.

The key to faith is what we are willing to sacrifice to obtain it.

The key to faith is what we are willing to sacrifice to obtain it.