George Bernard Shaw

Here there is no hope, and consequently no duty, no work, nothing to be gained by praying, nothing to be lost by doing what you like. Hell, in short, is a place where you have nothing to do but amuse yourself.

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads.

A nap, my friend, is a brief period of sleep which overtakes superannuated persons when they endeavor to entertain unwelcome visitors or to listen to scientific lectures.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

The art of government is the organization of idolatry. The bureaucracy consists of functionaries; the aristocracy, of idols; the democracy, of idolaters. The populace cannot understand the bureaucracy: it can only worship the national idols.

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

I don’t need an alarm clock. My ideas wake me.

The heart is forever inexperienced.

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

There is no love sincerer than the love of food.

There is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right.

Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.

He who praises every body, praises nobody.

When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.

Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts.

Logic is a poor guide compared with custom.

A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one – keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.

All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently, the first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.