I can think of no other edifice constructed by man as altruistic as a lighthouse. They were built only to serve.
George Bernard ShawHow can you dare teach a man to read until you've taught him everything else first?
George Bernard ShawThe man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time.
George Bernard ShawThe person who is ignorant enough to believe that his nourishment depends on meat is in a horrible dilemma.
George Bernard ShawI also made it quite clear that Socialism means equality of income or nothing, and that under socialism you would not be allowed to be poor. You would be forcibly feed, clothed, lodged, taught, and employed whether you like it or not. If it were discovered that you had not character enough to be worth all this trouble, you might possibly be executed in a kindly manner; but whilst you were permitted to live you would have to live well.
George Bernard ShawYou do not settle whether an argument is justified by merely showing that it is of some use. The distinction is not between useful and useless experiments but between barbarous and civilized behaviour. Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character.
George Bernard Shaw