I have not wasted my life trifling with literary fools in taverns, as Johnson did, when he should have been shaking England with the thunder of his spirit

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Spirit Quotes

Any belief worth having must survive doubt

Any belief worth having must survive doubt

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself...

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself...

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to...

Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to...

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

With the exception of capitalism, there is nothing so revolting as revolution

With the exception of capitalism, there is nothing so revolting as revolution

If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it...

If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it...

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder...

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder...

The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the...

The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the...

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not...

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not...

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a great refuge from home life.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a great refuge from home life.

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

Home life as we understand it is no more natural to us than a cage...

Home life as we understand it is no more natural to us than a cage...

Golf is typical capitalist lunacy.

Golf is typical capitalist lunacy.

Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman.

Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman.

Thinking in its lower grades is comparable to paper money, and in its higher forms...

Thinking in its lower grades is comparable to paper money, and in its higher forms...

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty; assist the reduced fellow man, either by a considerable gift...

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty; assist the reduced fellow man, either by a considerable gift...