The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive at a reasonable conclusion, we still - must close our minds for the moment with a snap, and act dogmatically on our conclusions

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Mind Quotes

As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is...

As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is...

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.

It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence...

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence...

If any religion had the chance of ruling over England, nay Europe within the next...

If any religion had the chance of ruling over England, nay Europe within the next...

You see things; and you say Why? But I dream things that never were; and...

You see things; and you say Why? But I dream things that never were; and...

An index is a great leveller.

An index is a great leveller.

Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes.

Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes.

The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six...

The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six...

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English.

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English.

I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.

I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.

If parents would only realize how they bore their children!

If parents would only realize how they bore their children!

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.

He who can does - he who cannot, teaches.

He who can does - he who cannot, teaches.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

A doctor's reputation is made by the number of eminent men who die under his...

A doctor's reputation is made by the number of eminent men who die under his...

A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.

A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.

(Democracy is a government) of the fools, for the fools, by the fools.

(Democracy is a government) of the fools, for the fools, by the fools.

The Senate and the country need Senators of courage who are prepared to make their...

The Senate and the country need Senators of courage who are prepared to make their...

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain...

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain...