Quotes of H. L. Mencken

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An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.

- H. L. Mencken

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“ 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

“ Could you exist just for the art of existence? ”

- Talismanist Giebra

“ There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them. ”

- Phyllis Bottome

“ For men, I think, love is a thing formed of equal parts lust and astonishment. The astonishment part women understand. The lust part they only think they understand. ”

- Stephen King

“ It was like I’d met my life’s purpose. Like I’d been hurtling through the cosmos, blind, and without a destiny and he gave me one. He was fated to be the man who would break my heart at last. The heart I’d kept under scrutiny, sheltered, for this long, he tore through the heavy vaults and ripped it right out of my chest. From then on, there was no me, and no him. There was only us. ”

- Ellie Fox

“ We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire. ”

- Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“ The one that’s different often has the odds stacked against them but usually ends up with the biggest rewards so it’s always worth it. ”

- TorronLee Dewar

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

- Carla Olson Gade

“ If you love something so much let it go. If it comes back it was meant to be; if it doesn't it never was ”

- Albert Schweitzer

“ My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. ”

- Maya Angelou

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

- Franz Kafka

“ To pay gratitude, sign of generosity. ”

- Shekhar Srivastava

“ And, in the end… The love you take is equal to the love you make. ”

- Paul McCartney

“ When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it. ”

- Gandhi

“ To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground. ”

- Stephen Covey

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

- RuPaul

“ Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great. ”

- Niccolo Machiavelli

“ Fake it 'till you make it. ”

- Gayle Forman

“ There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ You can never plan the future by the past. ”

- Edmund Burke

“ Repentance is not at an end, Instead it’s the beginning of how it ends. ”

- Yeth Bisto

“ Often, we fabricate the people we love to make loving them more palatable; the fictionalized version of them reduces the awareness of truth. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ Where wild souls meet wild lovers is where hurricanes are made. ”

- ventum

“ God does not ask about our ability, but our availability. ”

- Unknown