When the pressure comes, preferences give way while convictions hold firm.

Men tend to feel threatened; women tend to feel guilty.

The degree of loving is measured by the degree of giving.

Reasonable men adapt to the world around them; unreasonable men make the world adapt to them. The world is changed by unreasonable men.

Confidentiality is a virtue of the loyal, as loyalty is the virtue of faithfulness.

The pattern of the prodigal is: rebellion, ruin, repentance, reconciliation, restoration.