Quotes of H. L. Mencken

“ Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard. ”

- H. L. Mencken

“ Some symbols reach to your primordial archives. ”

- Talismanist Giebra

“ The only time we can effect an action is now. So learn from the past, have a vision for your future but act NOW. Today will soon be your past so don’t miss your present. ? ”

- Andrea McGibbon

“ If I envision a just, fair future, I must behave justly and fairly today. ”

- Elena Aguilar

“ If every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do not even notice the changes that occur until we are far out in the darkest sea. One day you look around and nothing is familiar, not even your own face. My name once meant daughter, grandaughter, friend, sister, beloved. Now those words mean only what their letters spell out; Star in the night sky. Truth in the darkness. I have crossed over to a place where I never thought I'd be. I am someone I would have never imagined. A secret. A dream. I am this, body and soul. Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am. ”

- Alice Hoffman

“ Time is persistent, and we need to make the best of it. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence. ”

- Ovid

“ Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out. You're curious and smart and bored, and all you see is the choice between working hard and slacking off. There are so many adventures that you miss because you're waiting to think of a plan. To find them, look for tiny interesting choices. And remember that you are always making up the future as you go. ”

- Randall Munroe

“ Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process. ”

- Harold Geneen

“ The path is paved with consistent, conscious mental and spiritual alertness and the gradual growth of goodness in our heart and clarity in our mind. We are awake. If we keep trying to understand, we will understand. If we keep telling ourselves that we are loved by Life and if we keep looking for evidence of that love, we will find it. ”

- Donna Goddard

“ Such is my relationship with God: on my gigantic canvass of life, I am the one throwing all of the brightlycolored paints, creating genuine splatters, authentic whirlpools of color, beautiful patterns, wonderful streaks and stains and wild accents; God is the one with the paintbrush who stands beside my canvass filling all the intricate and amazing details in between the whirlpools and the streaks! We're happy together! ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. ”

- Socrates

“ Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can. ”

- Nicholas Sparks

“ Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of. ”

- Markus Zusak

“ When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ”

- Plato

“ Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice. ”

- Michael Novak

“ Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. ”

- Augustine of Hippo

“ Do it big, do it right, and do it with style. ”

- Fried Astaire

“ To love oneself is the beginning of a life long romance. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ Unless you love someone, nothing else makes sense. ”

- e.e. cummings

“ You need just the right amount of 'Fuck the world' and the right amount of belief in something...and you need the right amount of love. ”

- Gerard Way

“ Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. ”

- Thomas Jefferson

“ Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have. ”

- Franz Kafka

“ In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death. ”

- Anne Frank

“ Being positive in life it does not mean everything is going the way you want it, but it also means that when things don’t go right or your way. Then you believe ,hope and pray that they will be right and go your way. Not only that but you are making plans, decisions ,effort and action in making sure they turn right and your way. ”

- De philosopher DJ Kyos