Quotes of H. L. Mencken

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To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia — to mistake an ordinary young man for a Greek god or an ordinary young woman for a goddess.

- H. L. Mencken

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“ The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office. ”

- Robert Frost

“ Life is a series of pulls back and forth... A tension of opposites, like a pull on a rubber band. Most of us live somewhere in the middle. A wrestling match...Which side win? Love wins. Love always wins ”

- Mitch Albom

“ Choose being kind over being right, and you’ll be right every time. ”

- Richard Carlson

“ Live a life of substance. The rest are mere fantasies. ”

- Pragnya Sahoo

“ Art is in the act, not the product. Products simply provide a means to continue the process, a loan of sorts from the buyer. Now the Art is in the hands of the buyer who transforms a simple act as a gift of time to the artist. I for one can not say which is more beautiful. ”

- Vic Stah Milien

“ Anything that you learn becomes your wealth, a wealth that cannot be taken away from you; whether you learn it in a building called school or in the school of life. To learn something new is a timeless pleasure and a valuable treasure. And not all things that you learn are taught to you, but many things that you learn you realize you have taught yourself. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ Love is like a gold mine, The deeper you dig in your heart, the more love you receive. ”

- Bzam

“ Let me take you from Miss to Mrs ”

- Ismaaciil C. Ubax

“ There will be tough workouts when the athlete has to really dig deep, believe, and not give up when the pain seems too much. The athlete can respond in one of two ways: Yield to the pain and selfdoubt or decide that fear will not determine his or her potential. It's hard (and usually uncomfortable) work breaking through old barriers and selfdefeating thought patterns to see meaningful progress, and fear is an absolutely natural response, but you can't let it become a limiter. ”

- Siri Lindley

“ At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. ”

- Plato

“ When we go into stillness we can hear our soul’s voice loud and clear. If we speak from our heart we share our soul’s melody with the world. ”

- Christina Goetz

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

- Oscar Wilde

“ We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love. ”

- Mother Teresa

“ Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love. ”

- Billy Graham

“ I held my heart back from positively accepting anything, since I was afraid of another fall, and in this condition of suspense I was being all the more killed. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it’s just too much. The current’s too strong. They’ve got to let go, drift apart. ”

- Kazuo Ishiguro

“ When people think they know you and put you in a box, keep growing and give them the box. ”

- Jackie Griffin

“ Society will always be too fragile to accept us for all that makes us beautiful. ”

- robert m drake

“ If you sow kindness, you will reap love. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ I only have so much willpower, Helen," he whispered. "And since you apparently sleep in the most ridiculously transparent tank top I've ever seen, I'm going to have to ask you to get under the covers before I do something stupid. ”

- Josephine Angelini

“ Find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go. ”

- Lauren Oliver

“ Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new. ”

- Ursula K. Le Guin

“ 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.

“ If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace. ”

- John Lennon