Quotes of H. L. Mencken

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Men are the only animals that devote themselves, day in and day out, to making one another unhappy. It is an art like any other. Its virtuosi are called altruists.

- H. L. Mencken

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“ A bad attitude is like a flat tire, you can’t get very far until you change it. ”

- Unknown

“ Nothing that is perfect can be taught ”

- Mike Stagnitta

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

- Bzam

“ 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

“ Every second that passes is another grain of sand in your hourglass that is gone, forever lost in time. ”

- Nyki Mack

“ Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. ”

- Kyle Chandler

“ Close your eyes, take your time and listen. ”

- Maxime Lagacé

“ Mythology is not a lie, mythology is poetry, it is metaphorical. It has been well said that mythology is the penultimate truthpenultimate because the ultimate cannot be put into words. It is beyond words. Beyond images, beyond that bounding rim of the Buddhist Wheel of Becoming. Mythology pitches the mind beyond that rim, to what can be known but not told. ”

- Joseph Campbell

“ Love brings to light a lover's noble and hidden qualitieshis rare and exceptional traits: it is thus liable to be deceptive of his normal qualities. ”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

“ I never want to change so much that people can't recognize me. ”

- Taylor Swift

“ If you are too busy to pray, you are busier than God wants you to be. ”

- Wanda E. Brunstetter

“ All my problems bow before my stubbornness. ”

- Amit Kalantri

“ Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. ”

- Confucius

“ If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse. ”

- Walt Disney

“ Enmity builds walls; love builds bridges. Enlightenment is the highway to world peace. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ The way you handle fear determines the results you have in life. If you are equipped with knowledge, you can overcome fear ”

- H. J. Chammas

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

- John Lennon

“ Live every day like it’s your last. ”

- Unknown

“ I don't think you can define love. ”

- Harry Styles

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

- Jackie Griffin

“ Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you. ”

- Annie Dillard

“ Her footprints are leaving green marks on the desert heart of mine ”

- Ismaaciil C. Ubax

“ There’s only so many variations on the basics of human relationships. To me, it’s all about the detail and how you tell the story. How you say, ‘I love you.’ ”

- K. Flay

“ The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort. ”

- Confucius