We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

Property is organized robbery.

Property is organized robbery.

The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.

The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

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

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

The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke...

The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke...

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

No king on earth is as safe in his job as a Trade Union official....

No king on earth is as safe in his job as a Trade Union official....

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever...

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever...

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

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

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

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

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...

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less...

Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less...

Education can and should do much influence social, moral and intellectual discovery by stimulating critical...

Education can and should do much influence social, moral and intellectual discovery by stimulating critical...

Learned institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light...

Learned institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light...

Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of people, are...

Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of people, are...

A man should first direct himself in the way he should go. Only then should...

A man should first direct himself in the way he should go. Only then should...