George Bernard Shaw

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

George Bernard Shaw

Think of the fierce energy concentrated in an acorn! You bury it in the ground, and it explodes into an oak!

George Bernard Shaw

Think what cowards men would be if they had to bear children. Women are altogether a superior species.

George Bernard Shaw

This is my father. Try what you can with him! He won’t listen to me, because he remembers what a fool I was when I was a baby.

George Bernard Shaw

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one.

George Bernard Shaw

Those who admire modern civilization usually identify it with the steam engine and the electric telegraph.

George Bernard Shaw

Those who are looking for paradise on Earth should come and see Dubrovnik.

George Bernard Shaw

Those who minister to poverty and disease are accomplices in the two worst of all the crimes.

George Bernard Shaw

Those who understand evil pardon it.

George Bernard Shaw

Though all society is founded on intolerance, all improvement is founded on tolerance.

George Bernard Shaw