Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute. ~ George Bernard Shaw 

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul. ~ George Bernard Shaw 

Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it…. ~ George Bernard Shaw 

A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most. ~ George Bernard Shaw 

The liar’s punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else. ~ George Bernard Shaw 

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, make them. ~ George Bernard Shaw 

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 

If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you. ~ 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 

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can’t find them, make them. ~ George Bernard Shaw