Since It's Been a While

Time for some quotes that have struck my fancy. Since, as noted below, this is my 37th wedding anniversary I thought I would post a few that I think are applicable to such a special day....

First, from a true genius, Albert Einstein who wasn't talking about marriage, but I think he hits the mystery of marriage on the head:

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science."

Next, also in a not-directly-about-marriage quote from philosopher and author Aldous Huxley:

"Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities."

English writer Dorothy Nevill could have substituted "marriage" for the word conversation in the next quote:

"The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment."

Two quotes that get to the nitty-gritty of making a marriage successful. First from Dr. Joyce Brothers:

"Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash."

Second from comedian Rita Rudner in a quote that surely is more postModern than before:

"I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewelry."

Finally from church official, psychologist and counselor Robert C. Dodds one of those obvious but hard to do ideas:

The goal in marriage is not to think alike, but to think together.