p. 15 | The Secret of Happiness in Married Life

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Jun 18, 1914

The Secret of Happiness in Married Life

“The great secret of happiness in married life is to be found in a myriad little tacts and compliances and surrenders upon both sides. Matrimony is an enormous compromise. Perfect courtesy, an incessant guard upon the temper that no irritability shall become a habit, and the constant conviction that where two have equal authority a harmonious decision can be always reached only by the utmost reasonableness,—these are little amulets that will banish the evil spirits and keep the home serene; and the touchstone to enable people to live thus is a sincere, deep, and fond love for each other.”