Quotes

also from Lichtenberg..... "The most entertaining surface on earth is the human face."

 

" When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won.
There has been tyrants and murderers and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall"

Mahatma Gandhi

 

"The weak can never forgive, forgiveness is a attribute of the strong"

Mahatma Gandhi

 

"There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience"

Unknown

 

The voice of experience is seldom heard by the ear of ignorance.

 

Two phrases that have stayed with me, from my first drill instructor, who was a gigantic sergeant-major in the Irish Guards. In exasperation, he would bellow "I've told you once, I've told you twice, and I won't tell you a second time", which was often followed up with "You three are a useless pair if ever I saw one".

 

" Only in the winter can you tell which trees are truly green.
Only when the winds of adversity blow, can you tell whether an individual or a country has steadfastness"

John F Kennedy

 

Three quotes by one of my favorite cynics

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
H. L. Mencken

The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.
H. L. Mencken


H.L. Mencken, Born 1880 – Died 1956, was a journalist, satirist & critic. He wrote an editorial while working for the Baltimore Evening Sun, which appeared in the July 26, 1920 edition. This one is quite timely!

"As democracy is perfected, the office of President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and complete narcissistic moron."