A Quote by H. L. Mencken

Well, I tell you, if I have been wrong in my agnosticism, when I die I'll walk up to God in a manly way and say, Sir, I made an honest mistake.

H. L. Mencken

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Agnosticism Been Die God Honest Made Manly Mistake Say Sir Tell Up Walk Way Well Wrong

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H. L. Mencken
American - Writer
September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956

My goal is to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not agnosticism about God alone, but agnosticism about everything.

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Josh Lanyon

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Is it strange for me to say that if I were to die today, there’s not a thing I would change? I’ve lived well. Maybe I have made mistakes and been through my fair share of pain but all in all, it’s been okay. I’ve lived well.

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Sudha Kongara

Well, sir, you never can tell. That's a principle in life with me, sir, if you'll excuse my having such a thing.

George Bernard Shaw

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Frederick William Robertson

I think it's really important to be able to be honest with yourself and to know philosophically speaking what you've done wrong and when you've made a mistake, and acknowledge that, because you only learn from it.

Billy Cobham

Sir, what is poetry? Why, Sir, it is much easier to say what it is not. We all know what light is; but it is not easy to tell what it is.

Samuel Johnson

Instead of making others right or wrong, or bottling up right and wrong in ourselves, there's a middle way, a very powerful middle way...... Could we have no agenda when we walk into a room with another person, not know what to say, not make that person wrong or right? Could we see, hear, feel other people as they really are? It is powerful to practice this way..... true communication can happen only in that open space.

Pema Chodron

I think the people already know what they're doing wrong, and I certainly believe in Hell. But to me, when I see thousands of people before me, it just doesn't come out of me to say, 'You guys are terrible, and you're going to Hell.' I'd rather say that God is a God of mercy. You've got to live an obedient life, but for every mistake you've made, there's mercy there, and I believe we can do better.

Joel Osteen

My goal is to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not about God alone, but agnosticism about everything.

Robert Anton Wilson

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Peter Saul

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