#human

The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#cynics #fanatics #government #humane #limit

The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#another #any #beings #bore #capacity

We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#here #human #human knowledge #knowledge #moonshine

Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#either #every #human #morality #must

The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#chief #contribution #god #human #human thought

The most all penetrating spirit before which will open the possibility of tilting not tables, but planets, is the spirit of free human inquiry. Believe only in that. ↗

— Dmitri Mendeleev

#believe #free #human #inquiry #most

While we may be of different faiths, we have a strong sense of faith, family, community. We hold the values of freedom and human rights very high and I think that those are all a part of a very strong quilt that binds us together. ↗

— Robert Menendez

#community #different #different faiths #faith #faiths

I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes. ↗

— Bette Midler

#balance #few #fringes #heavy #human

The priest is Christ's slave, and Christ himself took the form of a slave and became obedient to death. So the priest in serving human needs lives a Godward life, possessed by God and witnessing that only when lives are utterly possessed by God do they find their true freedom. ↗

— Arthur Middleton

#christ #death #find #form #freedom

If human beings are to survive in a nuclear age, committing acts of violence may eventually have to become as embarrassing as urinating or defecating in public are today. ↗

— Myriam Miedzian

#age #become #beings #committing #embarrassing