A historian who would convey the truth has got to lie. Often he must enlarge the truth by diameters, otherwise his reader would not be able to see it. Mark Twain More Quotes by Mark Twain More Quotes From Mark Twain A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. There is nothing more satisfying than that sense of being completely "at home" in your own skin. When you achieve that as a natural state of "being", then you can finally look beyond yourself and fully contribute all your talents to the world. Mark Twain inspirational-lifehomemen One learns peoples through the heart, not the eyes or the intellect. Mark Twain learningcommunicationfriendship The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are. Mark Twain richmoneyfoolish So much blood has been shed by the Church because of an omission from the Gospel: “Ye shall be indifferent as to what your neighbor's religion is.†Not merely tolerant of it, but indifferent to it. Divinity is claimed for many religions; but no religion is great enough or divine enough to add that new law to its code. Mark Twain religiouslawblood A good lawyer knows the law; a clever one takes the judge to lunch. Mark Twain lunchlawclever A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't. Mark Twain gentlemanmusicplay When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain. Mark Twain marriagewisdomlove Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that but the really great make you feel that you too can become great. When you are seeking to bring big plans to fruition it is important with whom you regularly associate. Hang out with friends who are like-minded and who are also designing purpose-filled lives. Similarly be that kind of a friend for your friends. Mark Twain inspirational-lifeambitionpeople It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so. Mark Twain truthcutemotivational Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident. Mark Twain smartsuccessinspirational The best minds will tell you that when a man has begotten a child he is morally bound to tenderly care for it, protect it from hurt, shield it from disease, clothe it, feed it, bear with its waywardness, lay no hand upon it save in kindness and for its own good, and never in any case inflict upon it a wanton cruelty. God's treatment of his earthly children, every day and every night, is the exact opposite of all that, yet those best minds warmly justify these crimes, condone them, excuse them, and indignantly refuse to regard them as crimes at all, when he commits them. Mark Twain hurtkindnesschildren Unconsciously we all have a standard by which we measure other men, and if we examine closely we find that this standard is a very simple one, and is this: we admire them, we envy them, for great qualities we ourselves lack. Hero worship consists in just that. Our heroes are men who do things which we recognize, with regret, and sometimes with a secret shame, that we cannot do. We find not much in ourselves to admire, we are always privately wanting to be like somebody else. If everybody was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes. Mark Twain regretsimplehero In religion and politics, people's belief's and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination Mark Twain second-chancereligiousbelieve Among other common lies, we have the silent lie - the deception which one conveys by simply keeping still and concealing the truth. Many obstinate truth-mongers indulge in this dissipation, imagining that if they speak no lie, they lie not at all. Mark Twain indulge-indeceptionlying Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. You cannot eliminate habits that no longer serve you. You can only replace them with new habits that support your goals. Moment by moment, you need to live with awareness and structure the habits that you include or exclude in your days. Mark Twain inspirational-lifegoalmen You are a coward when you even seem to have backed down from a thing you openly set out to do Mark Twain cowardseems The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice. Mark Twain writing-historysadhistorical If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first. Mark Twain good-morningjobstwo Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. Mark Twain inspirationallifefunny The lack of money is the root of all evil. Mark Twain sarcasticbiblefunny
