Quotes of H. L. Mencken

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Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

- H. L. Mencken

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“ The past can't hurt you anymore. Not unless you let it. They made you into a victim, Evey. They made you into a statistic. But, that's not the real you. That's not who you are inside. ”

- Alan Moore

“ 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

“ Your heart is a powerful force. Use it consciously. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ You have to be the bravest person in the world to go out every day, being yourself when no one likes who you are. ”

- Matthew

“ When you become the image of your own imagination, it's the most powerful thing you could ever do. ”

- RuPaul

“ Remember, if you don’t do anything – if you don’t change the way your mind works and direct your subconscious mind to create the life you want – then everything stays the same, nothing changes. ”

- Steve Backley

“ The true miracle lies in our eagerness to allow, appreciate, and honor the uniqueness, and freedom of each sentient being to sing the song of their heart. ”

- Amit Ray

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

- Plato

“ I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.. ”

- Thoreau

“ There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it. ”

- Joyce Brothers

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

- Confucius

“ I think romantic love evolved to enable you to focus your mating energy on just one individual at a time, thereby conserving mating time and energy. ”

- Helen Fisher

“ Love all, trust a few. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit. ”

- Banksy

“ I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope. ”

- Nelson Mandela

“ The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children. ”

- Karl Lagerfeld

“ Tragedy and adversary are the stones we sharpen our swords against so we can fight new battles. ”

- Sherrilyn Kenyon

“ Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. ”

- Unknown

“ To be human is to be broken and broken is its own kind of beautiful. ”

- robert m drake

“ Love cannot be hidden. It even shines in the darkest places." ~ Carla Olson Gade, The Shadow Catcher's Daughter ”

- Carla Olson Gade

“ If you suddenly stumble upon the right door, you will not be able to recognize that it is right. ”

- Osho

“ It takes writing a billion bad words before you get to the good ones. ”

- Ray Bradbury

“ When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself. ”

- Wayne Dyer

“ Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O no, it is an everfixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wand'ring bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken." (Sonnet 116) ”

- William Shakespeare