Quotes from George Bernard Shaw
You must not suppose, because I am a man of letters, that I never tried to earn an honest living.
- George Bernard Shaw
The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the religion that has raised one man above sin and death.
- George Bernard Shaw
There is in man a specific lust for cruelty which infects even his passion of pity and makes it savage.
- George Bernard Shaw
Lack of money is the root of of all evil.
- George Bernard Shaw
The surest way to ruin a man who doesn't know how to handle money is to give him some.
- George Bernard Shaw
To withhold deserved praise lest it should make its object conceited is as dishonest as to withhold payment of a just debt lest your creditor should spend the money badly.
- George Bernard Shaw
Hell is full of musical amateurs.
- George Bernard Shaw
From Mozart I learnt to say important things in a conversational way.
- George Bernard Shaw
A miracle is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. Frauds deceive. An event which creates faith does not deceive: therefore it is not a fraud, but a miracle.
- George Bernard Shaw
The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.
- George Bernard Shaw
We are the living graves of murdered beasts, slaughtered to satisfy our appetites. How can we hope in this world to attain the peace we say we are so anxious for?
- George Bernard Shaw
Heartbreak is life educating us.
- George Bernard Shaw