"The need always to lie and always to avoid the truth stripped everyone of what Custine called 'the two greatest gifts of God-the soul and the speech which communicates it.' People became hypocritical, cunning, mistrustful, cynical, silent, cruel, and indifferent to the fate of others as a result of the destruction of their own souls."

-- Theodore Dalrymple

#Lying Quotes #Fate Quotes #Two Quotes

“As America's head coach, President Obama needs to make some big and smart adjustments to jump-start economic growth and business investment, stimulate job creation, and get wages up for ordinary Americans.”

Source : "A little advice for Obama at the half". fortune.com. November 18, 2010.
“I flashed her a smile, but she didn't even look at me. So for brains and good judgment, I'd give her a three.”
“Writer Somerset Maugham, after his parents deaths, spent a few stultifying years in his uncle's vicarage. Later, in his teens at a boarding-school, having lost his belief in the existence of God said: "The whole horrible structure, based not on the love of God, but on the fear of hell, tumbled down like a house of cards."”
“I feel like I'm one of the best strikers in MMA. I just need the time to prove it. You haven't really seen my full potential yet.”
“What's the point of having weak enemies? They just waste your time.”
“Why on earth should I care whether people read me with their eyes or their ears?”
“You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.”
“When people have good energy, I feel it. And generally I feel that people do like me. And that makes me very happy.”

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