Oscar Wilde - Life Chaging Quotes

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, the early 1890s saw him become one of the most popular playwrights in London. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.

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[chriswilliam]

I love the robotic text to speech voice. Great effort put into this

[hermesnoelthefourthway]

"Most make others happy wherever they go, others when they go .... Oscar Wilde

The mystery of death is great, but the mystery of love is greater". Salome. His final play

"it's either the wallpaper or me, one of us have to go". As he lay Gotta give it to the man.

[bolaaghedo]

What a beautiful quotes of life very very educative thanks for sharing may God bless you

[dlbutler]

"bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same." -- Oscar Wilde

[CAP]

You can forgive a criminal, but never a dreamer.True.Most of them are hanged long after they are dead.

[st.charlesstreet]

What a Brilliant and Intelligent Man. MGBY Oscar Wilde! 🤓

[REM]

Does the computer generated voice ruin the impact of some of these quotes for anyone else? Such as the "Always be yourself. Everyone else is already taken." The inflection at the end of taken sounds like the speaker is asking a question rather than making a complete statement. Perhaps it's just me.

[joaovaranda]

Oscar Wilde: Dies in 1900, decades before cars become mainstream
Also Oscar Wilde: "You don't love someone for their fancy car"

[willieluncheonette]

"WHEN THE GODS WANT TO PUNISH US, THEY ANSWER OUR PRAYERS."

Oscar Wilde is right. It often happens that what psychologists cannot explain about the human mind, the creative artist, the poet, can easily explore to the depths which are beyond logic, beyond reason, beyond scientific research.

Oscar Wilde's statement is of tremendous value. When he says, "When the Gods want to punish us, they answer our prayers, " he is saying something about our unconsciousness. We are not aware what we are doing, we are not aware what we are asking, we are not aware what we are praying for.

Our consciousness is so superficial and our unconsciousness is so deep that it is bound to be that, if our prayers are fulfilled, it will not be a reward, it will be a punishment; because we had asked for something in our sleep and we will repent that we asked for it.

For example, you are all aware of the Greek mythological story of King Midas. His only prayer for years was that he should be granted the power that whatever he touches becomes gold. Years came and went, his prayer remained unheard. He became more and more impatient, started fasting, started austerities to force the divine powers to grant him the power he had been asking for years.

He also thought that what he was asking for was tremendously beautiful, great. If you were given the chance, you would also accept the opportunity immediately, without hesitation.

Finally, the prayer was heard and his wish was fulfilled. He became capable of changing anything into gold. But then he became aware that he had destroyed himself by asking the gods to grant him this power because he could not eat, could not drink - he would touch a glass and the glass and the water would turn into gold. He would touch his food and it would turn into gold. Even his own wife would not come close to him. His own children would run away, because whomsoever he touched he turned into gold.

Just within a week the man was almost mad, dying. He asked the gods again and again, "Take the power back, I had no idea what I was asking. I have been punished enough." His wife had turned into gold, his children had turned into gold. For seven days he had not eaten anything, he had not even been able to drink water; he was dying of thirst and hunger.

While he was praying for years, he had been dreaming that if he were granted this power he would become the richest man in the whole world; and now he had become the poorest man ever - past, present, future. Nobody has ever been so poor. Friends would not come to see him. His own ministers all went on leave. He would sit in the court and nobody would turn up; he was left alone, and he had always been surrounded by people. He was a great king, now even beggars were not ready to be friendly with him or to come close to him.

There are many mythological stories of the same type in all the languages, and they are not simply stories. They are descriptions of our unconscious mind. Unless you are fully conscious, your prayer is going to be a punishment if it is fulfilled. Because from where will it come? And the moment you are fully conscious you will not ask anything because the greatest treasure has already been given to you.

A Gautam Buddha has nothing to ask for. He does not pray. He has no prayer, he has no god, he is utterly fulfilled and contented. He has no desire, he has nothing to ask, he is no more a beggar.

The man of consciousness becomes an emperor.

Oscar Wilde is a great genius, a poet, a creative artist. And these are the people - not your so-called dead saints - who have given humanity new insights into their own beings, into the possibilities of what they can ask and whether it is right to ask, or wait for the moment when you have come to a point of desirelessness."

[vidhyasankari]

Society often forgives the criminal, it never forgives the dreamer
Family too

[ironspider]

"Every Quote channel on youtube has thumbnail about a quote on sex except "

[martaklosowska]

Everything that moves and does not run away to trees.

[bunyavissuthisorn]

... Before nothing is valuable to people, they may fulfill or get experience
in everything.

[Theydonotcare]

Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.

[andrews]

Either that wall paper goes, or I go.. Oscar Wilde.

[Beelzebubone]

I think sex is about freedom. But power comes from freedom. The more you give away your freedom, the weaker you become.

[bobbyfischer]

"Just give me a heart too, OP" - Me

[tutekohe]

Best watched on mute. Computer voice detracts from the text.

[redmatters]

Good wit. G'day from Australia mate.

[mariamkinen]

Intimacy is not sex. It is closeness n belonging . It heals wounds. Unless it is abuse. The worst form of hurting someone who loves .