George Bernard Shaw

Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men.

We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him there.

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.

You must not suppose, because I am a man of letters, that I never tried to earn an honest living.

Ladies and gentleman are permitted to have friends in the kennel, but not in the kitchen.

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem to be confidences or sides hidden from all else and unmistakably meant for his ear; the profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader; the profound thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until it is discovered by an equal mind and heart.

Hunger is never delicate; they who are seldom gorged to the full with praise may be safely fed with gross compliments, for the appetite must be satisfied before it is disgusted.

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

The god of victory is said to be one-handed, but peace gives victory on both sides.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul’s estate.

Life is a journey. Time is a river. The door is ajar.

Strivers achieve what dreamers believe.

Courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.

Intellectual work is misnamed; it is a pleasure, a dissipation, and is its own highest reward.

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance, you will not easily arrive at better. If they know what is good, and require it. you will aspire and burn until you achieve it. But from time to time, in history, men are born a whole age too soon.

It is a time when one’s spirit is subdued and sad, one knows not why; when the past seems a storm-swept desolation, life a vanity and a burden, and the future but a way to death.

The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation.