George Bernard Shaw

The camera can represent flesh so superbly that, if I dared, I would never photograph a figure without asking that figure to take its clothes off.

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

My reputation grows with every failure.

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.

If you strike a child, take care that you strike it in anger, even at the risk of maiming it for life. A blow in cold blood neither can nor should be forgiven.

The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.

It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend; but it must likewise be added, that he had not often a friend long without obliging him to become a stranger.

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

Find people who will make you better.

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.

Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.

Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderated use rather than total abstinence.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.

Morality is suspecting other people of not being legally married.

A man’s ignorance sometimes is not only useful, but beautiful-while his knowledge, so called, is oftentimes worse than useless, besides being ugly.

When it comes to the story of my heart, I am the villain, locking it away; denying its right be free. The chains are tight, restricting its growth; long enough to see through the window of opportunity, but the only escape it has, is via the pen. Why do I deny myself the opportunities? I know it comes from a place of protection, but also of fear. I think my heart has grown a resentment because of this betrayal, and has decided, enough is enough.

I always like people who have developed long and hard, particularly through introspection and a lot of dedication. I think that what they arrive at is, usually, deeper and more beautiful than the person who seems to have that ability and fluidity from the beginning.

Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.

It is the privilege of any human work which is well done to invest the doer with a certain haughtiness. He can well afford not to conciliate, whose faithful work will answer for him.