George Bernard Shaw

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.

No king on earth is as safe in his job as a Trade Union official. There is only one thing that can get him sacked; and that is drink. Not even that, as long as he doesn’t actually fall down.

The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.

It’s so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

How you gonna win if you ain’t right within?

The human race was always interesting and we know by its past that it will always continue so, monotonously.

You who write, choose a subject suited to your abilities and think long and hard on what your powers are equal to and what they are unable to perform.

You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.

If any man cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of any feeling at all. [Ut haec ipsa qui non sentiat deorum vim habere is nihil omnino sensurus esse videatur.]

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child’s board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

Truth is neither alive nor dead; it just aggravates itself all the time.

Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.

And deep in my heart. The answer, it was in me. And I made up my mind. To define my own destiny.

It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.

You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.

I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works. An assault upon a town is a bad thing; but starving it is still worse.

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.

We cannot see things that stare us in the face until the hour comes that the mind is ripened.

When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.