Oscar Wilde Quotes - Page 2

Dorian, Dorian," she cried, "before I knew you, acting was the one reality of my life. It was only in the theatre that I lived. I thought that it was all true. I was Rosalind one night and Portia the other. The joy of Beatrice was my joy, and the sorrows of Cordelia were mine also. I believed in everything. The common people who acted with me seemed to me to be godlike. The painted scenes were my world. I knew nothing but shadows, and I thought them real. You came—oh, my beautiful love!— and you freed my soul from prison. You taught me what reality really is. To-night, for the first time in my life, I saw through the hollowness, the sham, the silliness of the empty pageant in which I had always played. To-night, for the first time, I became conscious that the Romeo was hideous, and old, and painted, that the moonlight in the orchard was false, that the scenery was vulgar, and that the words I had to speak were unreal, were not my words, were not what I wanted to say. You had brought me something higher, something of which all art is but a reflection.

There's this funny thing I've noticed about people. You never really get the story you expect. Ask them about what they have, and they'll tell you about what they want. Ask them to tell you about love, and they'll tell you about heartbreak. Ask them about death, though, and they'll tell you about life.

How you can sit there, calmly eating muffins when we are in this horrible trouble, I can’t make out. You seem to me to be perfectly heartless.""Well, I can’t eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs. One should always eat muffins quite calmly. It is the only way to eat them.""I say it’s perfectly heartless your eating muffins at all, under the circumstances.

It is the stupid and the ugly who have the best of it in this world

She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it.

I want to be good. I can't bear the idea of my soul being hideous.

I asked the question for the best reason possible, for the only reason, indeed, that excuses anyone for asking any question - simple curiosity.

I am an unspeakable of the Oscar Wilde sort.

Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear.Just as vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.And falsehoods the truths of other people.Other people are quite dreadful. The only possible society is oneself.To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.

Some believe that as an icon the image of Oscar Wilde is too old and notorious--all right, not an icon, let him be our oriflamme.

I am not perfect, but if I looked perfect to everyone I must have been rocking imperfect perfectly to a few imperfect souls that seek imperfection vs. perfection, in an imperfect world where God asks us to seek perfection for our imperfect souls.

Shannon L. Alder

What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.

There are three kinds of despots. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the body. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul and body alike. The first is called the Prince. The second is called the Pope. The third is called the People.

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live. It is asking other people to live as one wishes to live.

I am quite scandalous, you see. I come packaged with unpredictable moments, brutal honesty, calamitous outbursts, the ghastly need for love, a fiendish lack of filter, the horrific need to question everything, nauseating affection, offensive kindness, indecent spirituality, obscene beauty, monstrous creativity, barbaric embellishments, contemptuous passion, sinful childhood traumas, unscrupulous hobbies, vexatious caring, abominable sensitivity, reprehensible humor, hideous sarcasm, displeasing feelings, unpalatable confidence, offensive compassion, villainous inspiration and a devilish wit. I am quite grotesque in my imperfectness and I am not ashamed to admit it.

Shannon L. Alder

JACKYou're quite perfect, Miss Fairfax.GWENDOLENOh! I hope I am not that. It would leave no room for developments, and I intend to develop in many directions.

A true artist takes no notice whatever of the public. The public are to him non-existent

Some of us are looking at the stars, but all of us are living in the gutter.

Vann Chow

America has never quite forgiven Europe for having been discovered somewhat earlier in history than itself.

Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.

As for believing things, I can believe anything, provided that it is quite incredible.

I'm a man of simple tastes. I'm always satisfied with the best.

But just as my philosophy had ceased to interest me as soon as it was formulated into a set of principles so, when I saw myself being imitated, I realised at once what an incubus my aesthetic personality might become if I were to be trapped within it. Imitation changes, not the impersonator, but the impersonated.

Beautiful untrue things are even more beautiful when they're true.

[Letter to William Ward, 11 July 1878]Dear Boy, Why don’t you write to me? I don’t know what has become of you.As for me I am ruined. The law suit is going against me and I am afraid I will have to pay costs, which means leaving Oxford and doing some horrid work to earn bread. The world is too much for me.However, I have seen Greece and had some golden days of youth. I go back to Oxford immediately for viva voce and then think of rowing up the river to town with Frank Miles. Will you come? YoursOscar

Sometimes absurd logic can be amusing and heart-touching.

Debasish Mridha

In some way or another we are all agnostics. We don’t believe in ninety-nine percent of Gods, and we don’t know the ultimate reality.

Debasish Mridha

The ultimate altruism is nothing but the sacrifice of one’s self for the benefit of others. Love yourself but never forget to be altruistic to others in need.

Debasish Mridha

Theism is a philosophy of non-thinker.

Debasish Mridha

To find the truth, try to follow the Socratic method. Just don’t forget to follow your intuition and imagination.

Debasish Mridha

If you don’t exist, then for you nothing exists.

Debasish Mridha

I don’t believe in solipsism, but I also believe that if I am not existing—nothing exists for me.

Debasish Mridha

The greatest obstacle in understanding the universe is the conformity and fear of truth.

Debasish Mridha

If life is a business, then you are blessed with an abundance of capital which is your unconditional love.

Debasish Mridha

Great music is a great remedy for depression, but you have to drink it in with your heart and mind.

Debasish Mridha

Life is an opportunity to love and serve.

Debasish Mridha

Yesterday was good, but let us dream and work hard to make tomorrow even better.

Debasish Mridha

To find joy in life, it is our responsibility and duty to love and serve others.

Debasish Mridha

In order to create a positive life, you have to have a positive vision and take creative actions.

Debasish Mridha

To create a positive and beautiful life, you have to focus on the positive side of life.

Debasish Mridha

In order to get positive results, fill your mind with positive thoughts and take action.

Debasish Mridha

Never forget to give. If you have nothing to give, then give your love and kindness.

Debasish Mridha

I have no other religion than kindness.

Debasish Mridha

There is no greater duty in this world than to serve others with deep compassion and love.

Debasish Mridha

Self-respect is nothing but self-confidence.

Debasish Mridha

Kindness! What a wonderful way to touch someone's heart.

Debasish Mridha

Everything you think today will ultimately reflect in your future. So think carefully, think better.

Debasish Mridha

They may think I’m insane because I left my wonderful job. I may think they are insane because they don’t know the value of life.

Debasish Mridha

If your vision encourages and enables others to hope more, see more, act more, love more, and live more then you are a true pathfinder.

Debasish Mridha

When citizens of a country or nation believe in superstitions or dogma, they will inevitably suffer from tremendous misery or tragedy.

Debasish Mridha

Cruelty against innocent helpless animals is the worst form of violence.

Debasish Mridha

I am not the human being that you see. I am the light. In my heart, I feel dances of electromagnetic waves of love and spirit.

Debasish Mridha

The more you focus on the positive and the beauty around you, the more positive and peaceful your life will be.

Debasish Mridha

How can you find time to complain if your life is always changing?

Debasish Mridha

Just like you can’t punish anyone without punishing yourself, you can’t love anyone without loving yourself.

Debasish Mridha

My goal is simple—to live simply and to be kind to all.

Debasish Mridha

The richest man is he who lives simply but has an abundance of love and kindness to give away.

Debasish Mridha

You miss all the possibilities of winning if you don't participate

Debasish Mridha

We often know the truth, but rarely do we follow it.

Debasish Mridha

We are so busy with our everyday lives that we often forget how to live.

Debasish Mridha

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