"I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant."

-- H. L. Mencken

#Inspirational Quotes #Nature Quotes #Truth Quotes

“I've been on such a losing streak that if I had been around I would have taken General Custer and given points.”
“Salvation does not lie where strong thrones are defended by swords, where the smoke of censers ascend to heaven or where thousands of strong men pace the rich fields of harvest. The revolution which is about to break will be sterile if it is not complete.”
“When I found out I had cancer, I just said one thing: 'I want to hold on to life' and that changed everything for me.”
“..."Good, because I need your help." "Help is my middle name." I was pretty sure she'd already told me bad was her middle name, but I kept my opinion to myself.”
“Keep everything in perspective if you wish to be happy. For example... Losing an arm is more an inconvenience than a catastrophe. Things could be a lot worse so why not be grateful they aren't and thereby happy rather than sad?”
“You must develop personal contacts if you want to be successful.”
“Things shouldn't hinge on so very little. Sneeze and you're highway carnage. Remove one tiny stone and you're an avalanche statistic. But I guess if you can die without ever understanding how it happened then you can also live without a complete understanding of how. And in a way that's kind of relaxing.”

Source : FaceBook post by Miriam Toews from Jul 07, 2011
“The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well.”

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