Quotes about Unity

In every friendship hearts grow and entwine themselves together, so that the two hearts seem to make only one heart with only a common thought. That is why separation is so painful; it is not so much two hearts separating, but one being torn asunder.

Long-term marital intimacy requires accepting this truth: to stop giving yourself to your spouse is to spiritually divorce them.

Marriage is a good thing, and being intentional about your pursuit of it is commendable, not shameful.

This is the journey marriage calls us to, to seek to understand and empathize, for each of us to strive to become a redemptive partner rather than a legal opponent.

How much would every marriage change if we pursued absolute benevolence over our own comfort, happiness, and self-interest?

You don't marry a position. You marry a person.

Families start to break down—and marriages often break down, for that matter—when we stop enjoying each other.

We realize it's not about what we get out of our marriage but about what we become in our marriage.

Marriage helps us to develop the character of God himself as we stick with our spouses through good times and bad.

The first purpose in marriage — beyond happiness, sexual expression, the bearing of children, companionship, mutual care and provision, or anything else — is to please God.

the picture of marriage as God intended it to be — two equals, albeit different, completely and wholly serving the other person as though they are greater than themselves, thus creating not a male-female power struggle over who is more worthy, but a harmony that reflects the character of God in the Trinity and the ministry of reconciliation in the world.

Christian marriage is marked by discipline and self-denial... "Christianity does not therefore depreciate marriage; it sanctifies it."