Absolute honesty is as absurd an abstraction as an absolute temperature or an absolute value. George Bernard Shaw More Quotes by George Bernard Shaw More Quotes From George Bernard Shaw We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience. George Bernard Shaw learningwittyfunny No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an idiot. George Bernard Shaw idiotworkmen Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. George Bernard Shaw freedomfearinspirational Treat a friend as a person who may someday become your enemy; an enemy as a person who may someday become your friend. George Bernard Shaw loyaltymayenemy There is not one single established religion that an intelligent, educated man can believe. George Bernard Shaw intelligentmenbelieve The only person who acts sensibly is my tailor. He takes my measure anew every time he sees me. Everyone else goes by their old measurements. George Bernard Shaw self-esteembeautyhappiness If we women were particular about men's characters, we should never get married at all. George Bernard Shaw girlywomencharacter Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful. George Bernard Shaw inspiringinspirationallife The play was a great success, but audience was a dismal failure. George Bernard Shaw playinspirationalfunny But to admire a strong person and to live under that strong person’s thumb are two different things. George Bernard Shaw thumbsstrongtwo If any religion had a chance of ruling over England, nay Europe within the next hundred years, it could be Islam. George Bernard Shaw islameuropeyears When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work. George Bernard Shaw successmotivationalinspirational Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself. George Bernard Shaw inspirationalbookchildren When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part. George Bernard Shaw weddingmarriagelife Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. George Bernard Shaw happyinspirationallife I have always held the religion of Muhammad in high estimation because of its wonderful vitality. It is the only religion which appears to me to possess that assimilating capability to the changing phase of existence which can make itself appeal to every age... I have studied him - the wonderful man, and in my opinion far from being an Anti-Christ he must be called the Saviour of Humanity. George Bernard Shaw islamichumanitymen As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death. George Bernard Shaw ambitionlifelong Nothing is ever accomplished by a reasonable man. George Bernard Shaw reasonableaccomplishedmen I myself have been particularly careful never to say a civil word to the United States. I have scoffed at their inhabitants as a nation of villagers. I have defined the 100 % American as 99 % an idiot. And they adore me. George Bernard Shaw idiotunited-statescivilization What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child. George Bernard Shaw educationteacherinspirational
