Never tell a loved one of an infidelity: you would be badly rewarded for your troubles. Although one dislikes being deceived, one likes even less to be undeceived.

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.

If a man needs a religion to conduct himself properly in this world, it is a sign that he has either a limited mind or a corrupt heart.

A woman should not take a lover without the consent of her heart, nor a husband without the consent of her reason.

Novelty is the storehouse of pleasure.

Glances are the first billets-doux of love.

The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.

Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.

Men lose more conquests by their own awkwardness than by any virtue in the woman.

It is not enough to be wise, one must be engaging.

There are no perfect women in the world; only hypocrites exhibit no defects.

Kids took a fathomless amount of time and energy...And they took it first. They had right of first refusal on everything you had to offer. p220

Like all great readers, he could create for himself a "wall of stillness".

I try to not eat as much sugar, but it's so hard in our American diet to do that... It's hard to completely avoid.

Practice presence -- embrace the place where life happens.

Where the work goes, I go. Wherever adulation occurs, that's where you'll find me.

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.

Adultery ... could be as banal as marriage.

Without the renewed mind, we will distort the Scriptures to avoid their radical commands for self-denial, and love, and purity, and supreme satisfaction in Christ alone.

Once you grow up and discover yourself as a human being you look at things for what they are.

When a Christian stops growing, help is needed. If you are the same Christian you were a few months ago, be careful.