Quotes from George Bernard Shaw

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do.

This is true joy of life-the being used for a purpose that is recognized by yourself as a right one, instead of being a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

My only policy is to profess evil and do good.

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

This is true joy of life-being used for a purpose that is recognized by yourself as a mighty one ... instead of being a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble about whether he's happy or not.

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

Martyrdom - the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

I was taught when I was young that if people would only love one another, all would be well with the world. This seemed simple and very nice; but I found when I tried to put it in practice not only that other people were seldom lovable, but that I was not very lovable myself.

No use slaving for me and then saying you want to be cared for: who cares for a slave? If you come back, come back for the sake of good fellowship; for you'll get nothing else.

Nothing is more dreadful than a husband who keeps telling you everything he thinks, and always wants to know what you think.

Man is the only animal of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid...There is no harm in a well-fed lion. It has no ideals, no sect, no party.

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

All progress means war with society.

War does not decide who is right but who is left.

There was only one virtue, pugnacity; only one vice, pacifism. That is an essential condition of war.

The notion that disarmament can put a stop to war is contradicted by the nearest dogfight.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't really hurt.

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

When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.