Nature Quotes by George Bernard Shaw

No man manages his affairs as well as a tree does

— George Bernard Shaw

All dress is fancy dress, is it not, except our natural skins?

— George Bernard Shaw

He who bears the brand of Cain shall rule the earth.

— George Bernard Shaw

We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

— George Bernard Shaw

The philosopher is Nature's pilot.

— George Bernard Shaw

“Think of the fierce energy concentrated in an acorn! You bury it in the ground, and it explodes into an oak!”

— George Bernard Shaw

“[H]e is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.”

— George Bernard Shaw

We all go about longing for love: it is the first need of our natures, the loudest cry of our hearts.

— George Bernard Shaw

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

— George Bernard Shaw

Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature!

— George Bernard Shaw

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth

— George Bernard Shaw

“O God that madest this beautiful earth, when will it be ready to receive Thy saints? How long, O Lord, how long?”

— George Bernard Shaw

You have a choice of trusting the natural stability of gold, or the honesty and intelligence of members of government.

— George Bernard Shaw

“The solid earth sways like the treacherous sea beneath the feet of men and spirits alike when the innocent are slain in…

— George Bernard Shaw

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by…

— George Bernard Shaw

This is the true joy of life-the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, the being thoroughly…

— George Bernard Shaw

A miracle is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. Frauds deceive. An event which creates…

— George Bernard Shaw

“BRITANNUS (shocked). Caesar: this is not proper. THEODOTUS (outraged). How! CAESAR (recovering his self-possession). Pardon him. Theodotus: he is a barbarian, and…

— George Bernard Shaw

In the arts of life, man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he outdoes Nature herself, and produces by chemistry…

— George Bernard Shaw

Only in the problem play is there any real drama, because drama is no mere setting up of the camera to nature:…

— George Bernard Shaw

The Indian way of life provides the vision of the natural, real way of life. We veil ourselves with unnatural masks. On…

— George Bernard Shaw

It has taken me nearly twenty years of studied self-restraint, aided by the natural decay of my faculties, to make myself dull…

— George Bernard Shaw

But a mother is like a broomstick or like the sun in the heavens, it does not matter which as far as…

— George Bernard Shaw

The Indian way of life provides the vision of the natural, real way of life. We veil ourselves with unnatural masks. On…

— George Bernard Shaw

“This is the true joy in life — being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being thoroughly…

— George Bernard Shaw

I must remind you that our credulity is not to be measured by the truth of the things we believe. When men…

— George Bernard Shaw

“In the preface to my Plays for Puritans I explained the predicament of our contemporary English drama, forced to deal almost exclusively…

— George Bernard Shaw

You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of…

— George Bernard Shaw

Every man to whom salvation is offered has an inalienable natural right to say 'No, thank you: I prefer to retain my…

— George Bernard Shaw

“This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being…

— George Bernard Shaw

“As it is not a settled question, you must clear your mind of the fancy with which we all begin as children,…

— George Bernard Shaw

There is, on the whole, nothing on earth intended for innocent people so horrible as a school. To begin with, it is…

— George Bernard Shaw

This is the true joy in life: Being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a force…

— George Bernard Shaw

“...Hell is the home of the unreal and of the seekers for happiness. It is the only refuge from heaven, which is,…

— George Bernard Shaw

“This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being…

— George Bernard Shaw

“While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered beasts, how can we expect any ideal conditions on this earth?”

— George Bernard Shaw

There is nothing that can be changed more completely than human nature when the job is taken in hand early enough.

— George Bernard Shaw

Nature holds no brief for the human experiment; it must stand or fall by its results.

— George Bernard Shaw

I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth as their…

— George Bernard Shaw

If the wicked flourish and the fittest survive, Nature must be the god of rascals.

— George Bernard Shaw