Wisdom Quote by H.L. Mencken — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it.”

“Happiness is the china shop; love is the bull.”

“An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it makes a better soup.”

“The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.”

“In the present case it is a little inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible to any public office of trust or profit in the Republic. But I do not repine, for I am a subject of it only by force of arms.”

“We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.”

“If we don't change the direction we are headed, we will end up where we are going.”

“Just as the bird needs wings to fly, a leader needs useful information to flow. Leaders learn.”

“Probably the wisest words that were ever uttered to me. Came from a therapist. I was sitting in her office, crying my eyes out. . . and she said, "So let me get this straight. You base your personal happiness on things entirely out of your control.”

“Enduring success requires timeless principles, not trendy strategies.”

“The ORDINARY RESPONSE TO ATROCITIES is to banish them from consciousness. Certain violations of the social compact are too terrible to utter aloud: this is the meaning of the word unspeakable.”

“Nothing and no one is perfect. It just takes a good eye to find those hidden imperfections.”