Nietzche . . . he was a confirmed Life Force worshipper. It was he who raked up the Superman, who is as old as Prometheus; and the 20th century will run after this newest of the old crazes when it gets tired of the world, the flesh, and your humble servant.
George Bernard ShawWhat is wrong with priests and popes is that instead of being apostles and saints, they are nothing but empirics who say I know instead of I am learning, and pray for credulity and inertia as wise men pray for skepticism and activity.
George Bernard ShawThose who understand the steam engine and the electric telegraph spend their lives in trying to replace them with something better.
George Bernard ShawThe truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.
George Bernard Shaw