George Bernard Shaw Quotes about Soul

The great secret...is not having bad manners or good manners...but having the same manner for all human souls.

The great secret...is not having bad manners or good manners...but having the same manner for all human souls.

Pygmalion, Soul, Good Man

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.

Courage, Blood, Soul

George Bernard Shaw (2007). “Back to Methuselah”, p.176, 1st World Publishing

I hope you have lost your good looks, for while they last any fool can adore you, and the adoration of fools is bad for the soul.

George Bernard Shaw

Soul, Looks, Lasts

The great secret, Eliza, is not having bad manners or good manners or any other particular sort of manners, but having the same manner for all human souls: in short, behaving as if you were in Heaven, where there are no thirdclass carriages, and one soul is as good as another.

George Bernard Shaw

Pygmalion, Heaven, Soul

George Bernard Shaw (2015). “George Bernard Shaw: The Collected Plays (Illustrated): 60 plays including Caesar and Cleopatra, Pygmalion, Saint Joan, The Apple Cart, Cymbeline, Androcles And The Lion, The Man Of Destiny, The Inca Of Perusalem and Macbeth Skit”, p.2523, e-artnow

If ever I utter an oath again may my soul be blasted to eternal damnation!

George Bernard Shaw

Soul, Damnation, May

'Saint Joan' (1924) sc. 2

I have my own soul. My own spark of divine fire.

George Bernard Shaw

Fire, Soul, Sparks

George Bernard Shaw (2015). “George Bernard Shaw: The Collected Plays (Illustrated): 60 plays including Caesar and Cleopatra, Pygmalion, Saint Joan, The Apple Cart, Cymbeline, Androcles And The Lion, The Man Of Destiny, The Inca Of Perusalem and Macbeth Skit”, p.2524, e-artnow

We know now that the soul is the body, and the body the soul. They tell us they are different because they want to persuade us that we can keep our souls if we let them make slaves of our bodies.

George Bernard Shaw

Soul, Atheism, Different

George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.3700, e-artnow

Marriage is to me apostasy, profanation of the sanctuary of my soul, violation of my manhood, sale of my birthright, shameful surrender, ignominious capitulation, acceptance of defeat.

George Bernard Shaw

Acceptance, Soul, Sanctuary

George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.2101, e-artnow

My schooling did me a great deal of harm and no good whatever; it was simply dragging a child's soul through the dirt.

George Bernard Shaw

Children, Soul, Dirt

George Bernard Shaw (2015). “George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.518, e-artnow

It's prudent to gain the whole world and lose your own soul. But don't forget that your soul sticks to you if you stick to it; but the world has a way of slipping through your fingers.

George Bernard Shaw

Soul, World, Way

1919 Captain Shotover. Heartbreak House, act 2.

I can't turn your soul on. Leave me those feelings; and you can take away the voice and the face. They are not you.

George Bernard Shaw

Voice, Soul, Feelings

George Bernard Shaw (2015). “Pygmalion (Illustrated Edition): A Satirical Take on English Language and Englishmen From the Author of Renowned Plays like Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Arms and The Man, Caesar And Cleopatra, Man and Superman”, p.200, e-artnow

Well, upon my soul! You are not ashamed to stand there and confess yourself a disgusting drunkard.

George Bernard Shaw

Soul, Ashamed, Disgusting

George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.3559, e-artnow

This souls'prison we call England.

George Bernard Shaw

Soul, England, Prison

1919 Hector Hushabye. Heartbreak House, act 3.

George Bernard Shaw Quotes about Soul

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