George Bernard Shaw

It is all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date.

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

Every person who has mastered a profession is a skeptic concerning it.

This comes of James teaching me to think for myself, and never to hold back out of fear of what other people may think of me. It works beautifully as long as I think the same things as he does.

My way of joking is to tell the truth. It’s the funniest joke in the world.

The early Christian rules of life were not made to last, because the early Christians did not believe that the world itself was going to last.

The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.

Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt.

As Love ought to bring them together, so it is the best Way to keep them well together.

The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.

A man’s true delight is to do the things he was made for.

You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination.

He who has never hoped can never despair.

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, etc., and the less we think about it the better.

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

Only in the darkness can you see the stars.

Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.

Learn to say “I don’t know.” If used when appropriate, it will be often.

Character is just another word for having a perfectly disciplined and educated will.