#ow

The surprising thing about fatherhood was finding my inner mush. Now I want to share it with the world. ↗

— Christopher Meloni

#about #fatherhood #finding #i #inner

The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It is contradicted by the voice of shame. It is biased by hate and extinguished by anger. Most of all it is silenced by ignorance. ↗

— Karl A. Menninger

#biased #contradicted #desire #drowned #extinguished

I like power and I like to use it. ↗

— Sam Rayburn

#like #power #use

If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete of getting along - whether it be business, family relations, or life itself. ↗

— Bernard Meltzer

#being #business #disagree #disagreeable #discovered

There are some persons in this world, who, unable to give better proof of being wise, take a strange delight in showing what they think they have sagaciously read in mankind by uncharitable suspicions of them. ↗

— Herman Melville

#better #delight #give #mankind #persons

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#hard #his #know #lie #man

'Know thyself' is a good saying, but not in all situations. In many it is better to say 'know others.' ↗

— Menander

#good #know #know thyself #many #others

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

#better #free #i #i believe #i believe that

I don't know if my hairstyles reflect that, but I am someone who enjoys change. ↗

— Cobi Jones

#change #enjoys #hairstyles #i #i am

As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#grow #grows #hard #heart #soft