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" This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments... "
Unpublished Shaw - Page 234
by Bernard Shaw, Dan H. Laurence - 1996 - 248 pages
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Jahrbuch der Deutschen Shakespeare-Gesellschaft, Volumes 52-53

1916 - 628 pages
...is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself äs a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap ; the being a force of Natur* instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances...
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The Table Talk of John Selden

John Selden - Table-talk - 1892 - 634 pages
...what he calls the "artist-philosophers" against the "mere artist": "This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature...
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The Living Age, Volume 278

Literature - 1913 - 880 pages
...Kipling began, to the law of the Group and the denial of Progress. This is the true joy In life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap-heap; the being a force of nature,...
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Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy, Volume 11

Bernard Shaw - English drama - 1903 - 304 pages
...is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one ; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailmenu and grievances complaining...
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Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy

Bernard Shaw - English drama (Comedy) - 1903 - 240 pages
...my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it." This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one ; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap ; the being z fore? o: Nature...
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Bernard Shaw

Holbrook Jackson - 1907 - 254 pages
...deep purpose of life — "the being used for a purpose recognised by yourself as a mighty one ; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap ; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances...
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The Twentieth Century Magazine, Volume 1

Benjamin Orange Flower - Twentieth century - 1910 - 648 pages
...much dregs and mud in it." According to the Teutonic viewpoint : the real joy of life lies in "the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one ; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap-heap ; the being a force of nature...
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The Twentieth Century Magazine, Volume 1

Benjamin Orange Flower - Twentieth century - 1910 - 636 pages
...finds much dregs and mud in it." According to the Teutonic viewpoint: the real joy of life lies in "the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap-heap ; the being a force of nature...
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Bernard Shaw as Artist-philosopher: An Exposition of Shavianism

Renée M. Deacon - 1910 - 116 pages
...enunciates the philosophic principle underlying all Shavian drama : " This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one ; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature...
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George Bernard Shaw: His Life and Works,a Critical Biography (authorized)

Archibald Henderson - Literary Criticism - 1911 - 626 pages
...like everybody else." — Remark of Bernard Shaw to the author. " This is the true joy in life : the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one ; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap-heap ; the being a force of nature,...
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