"The drawback of stealing a thing, is that one never knows how wonderful the thing that one steals is."

Morality, Theft, Wonder, Possession, Irony

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"What does greed mean? Greed means taking away what belongs to others."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Morality, Truth, Greed, Justice

"Let your thoughts be pure."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Morality, Thoughts, Purity, Mind, Inner

"One is God himself, [but] for how long does that authority of God last? As long as he speaks the truth, practices non-violence, does not steal, practices celibacy and remains non-acquisitive " till then power of God will remain."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Morality, God, Authority, Truth, Power

"Every animal is biologically designed by Nature to do wrong in return. It takes a human being to not do wrong in return."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Morality, Truth, Power, Inspirational, Wisdom

"Conceit is to be dreaded, but so is cowardice."

Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman

Morality, Conceit, Fear, Character, Warning

"All humans are rogues. Cured only by death."

Fakeer Ishavardas, Indian Spiritual Leader

Morality, Humanity, Death, Truth

"So what if you're right? So what if you're wrong? In the end you might be surprised to find that God doesn't care so much about whether you were right or wrong but whether, despite it all, you were kind or cruel."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Morality, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Power

"Fear is the devil's most powerful tool because he can't always convince a good man to do wrong, but he can paralyze his will with fright, keeping a good man from doing what is right. It eventually results in the same end."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Morality, Fear, Willpower, Devil, Truth

"Do we ignore the needyto spite the greedy?Or share and defenddespite those who pretend?"

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Morality, Sharing, Justice, Truth, Compassion

"Once the ego is born into this world, it has to shoulder morality."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Morality, Ego, Responsibility, Self

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"Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life."

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"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. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty. There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all."

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Religion

"Something was dead in each of us,and what was dead was hope."

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"A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure."

Wisdom

"It often seems to me that art conceals the artist far more completely than it ever reveals him."

Art

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

Art

"And, certainly to him Life itself was the first, the greatest, of the arts, and for it all the other arts seemed to be but a preparation."

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"Truth in art is the unity of a thing with itself."

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"It's beauty that captures your attention, personality that captures your heart.."

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"What does greed mean? Greed means taking away what belongs to others."

"Let your thoughts be pure."

"One is God himself, [but] for how long does that authority of God last? As long as he speaks the truth, practices non-violence, does not steal, practices celibacy and remains non-acquisitive " till then power of God will remain."

"Every animal is biologically designed by Nature to do wrong in return. It takes a human being to not do wrong in return."

"Conceit is to be dreaded, but so is cowardice."

"All humans are rogues. Cured only by death."

"So what if you're right? So what if you're wrong? In the end you might be surprised to find that God doesn't care so much about whether you were right or wrong but whether, despite it all, you were kind or cruel."

"Fear is the devil's most powerful tool because he can't always convince a good man to do wrong, but he can paralyze his will with fright, keeping a good man from doing what is right. It eventually results in the same end."

"Do we ignore the needyto spite the greedy?Or share and defenddespite those who pretend?"

"Once the ego is born into this world, it has to shoulder morality."

Explore more quotes by Oscar Wilde

"Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life."

"My Salome is a mystic the sister SalammbA - a Saint ThA©rA se who worships the moon."

"Something was dead in each of us,and what was dead was hope."

"A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure."

"It often seems to me that art conceals the artist far more completely than it ever reveals him."

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

"And, certainly to him Life itself was the first, the greatest, of the arts, and for it all the other arts seemed to be but a preparation."

"Truth in art is the unity of a thing with itself."

"It's beauty that captures your attention, personality that captures your heart.."