You will find in me a middle aged man with a career behind me sufficiently brilliant to enable me to talk about many things interestingly; and I am not an unkindly soul, I believe. George A. Moore agebrilliantcareer Change image and share on social
Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell. George A. Moore beholdfeltheaven Change image and share on social
Isn't it strange that religious prejudices - beliefs none possess, not even the saints, so they have lamented - divide brothers and sons from their fathers. You see, I except mothers and sisters; the female is not a religious animal. If she were, the world would have ceased long ago. George A. Moore agoanimalbelief share on social
An idea has been running in my head that books lose and gain qualities in the course of time, and I have worried over it a good deal, for what seemed to be a paradox, I felt to be a truth. George A. Moore bookdealfelt Change image and share on social
Every race gets the religion it deserves, and only as policemen, pugilists, and priests have they succeeded, here and there a successful lawyer, but nothing more serious. George A. Moore deservelawyerpoliceman Change image and share on social
The wrong way always seems the more reasonable. George A. Moore reasonablewrong Change image and share on social
Art must be parochial in the beginning to be cosmopolitan in the end. George A. Moore artbegincosmopolitan Change image and share on social
Some men spend their lives watching bees and ants, noting down the habits of these insects; my pleasure is to watch the human mind, noting how unselfish instincts rise to the surface and sink back again, making way for selfish instincts, each equally necessary, for the world would perish were it to become entirely selfish or entirely unselfish. George A. Moore antbackbee share on social
I have written 30,000 words in a month - think of it - 30,000! I hope I am putting the right number of naughts: an average of a thousand words a day! For thirty days! George A. Moore 000averageday Change image and share on social
The right of property holds good in all society; but in the West, ethics invade the personal life in a manner unknown to the East, so much so that the Oriental stands agape at our folly, knowing well that every man brings different instincts and ideas into the world with him. George A. Moore agapebringeast share on social