The point, however, is not simply to learn to recognize faults. A good marriage teaches what it means to forgive, to let go of grievances, to yield when appropriate, to compromise and work together toward a common goal, to put the interests of another above your own. It is because these things do not come naturally that marriage is so good for so many of us, making us in the end more responsible and committed, more self-controlled and compassionate, more purposive and more fulfilled than we would ever have been had we remained single.
- from page 185, The Broken Hearth