- We all have flaws. Could you give us a piece of advice on how should we deal with the flaws of our partner. Bear with them or convert them into virtues? What is the best way?

-Neither one nor the other. The virtues of our partner need to be put together with our sins and faults in two bags in front and the faults of our partner together with our virtues in two bags behind. Thus in front of us we will see only his or her virtues and our flaws. Behind we will have our virtues, because it is not good to see them too often and the flaws of our partner. Because usually we tend to see the flaws of the others rather than our own. If you want to make a change to your boyfriend, you need to master a very complicated diplomacy, because your intentions must pass unnoticed. Otherwise, you may not know his reaction and can end into a disaster.

(Translated from Părintele Nicolae Tănase, Soțul ideal, soția ideală, Editura Anastasis, Sibiu, 2011, p. 35)