George Bernard Shaw

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

My father must have had some elementary education for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

Property is organized robbery.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

You must get your living by loving, or at least half your life is a failure.

The greatest man in history was the poorest.

The reward of a thing well done is having done it.

We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten.

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were and ask why not?

The serpent if it wants to become the dragon must eat itself.

Every other enjoyment malice may destroy; every other panegyric envy may withhold; but no human power can deprive the boaster of his own encomiums.

Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.

We are happier in many ways when we are old than when we were young. The young sow wild oats. The old grow sage.

Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

We must hold a man amenable to reason for the choice of his daily craft or profession. It is not an excuse any longer for his deeds that they are the custom of his trade. What business has he with an evil trade?

There is something in the human spirit that will survive and prevail, there is a tiny and brilliant light burning in the heart of man that will not go out no matter how dark the world becomes.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs.