George Bernard Shaw

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.

The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.

If women were as fastidious as men, morally or physically, there would be an end of the race.

When it comes to the point, really bad men are just as rare as really good ones.

When you are present, you can allow the mind to be as it is without getting entangled in it.

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

Why do the words I want to say, struggle to come out of my mouth. Why does fear have such a grip over me. I shouldn’t have to battle to say all the complimentary things I so desperately want to share. It shouldn’t be this hard, that I have to force myself; it’s wrong that such loving words, should have to be spoken under such duress. I’m aware of how wrong it is, but withholding is all I have known, even though I desire so badly to share my thoughts and feelings with you, as freely as you do with me.

I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.

There’s a great joy in my giving. It’s thrilling. It’s exhilarating. It’s important to be a part of sharing. It is my love. It is my joy.

Already know you that which you need.

A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself.

People ignore the thing they have the most power over. I know so many people who will go to a protest and do something big on an issue. But they won’t deal with that issue in their home.

No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. Otherwise he voluntarily makes himself a great baby-so helpless and so ridiculous.

The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable.

A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his companions by every word. Every opinion reacts on him who utters it. It is a threadball thrown at a mark, but the other end remains on the thrower.