Authenticity Quote by Oscar Wilde

“There is no such thing as a good influence, Mr. Gray. All influence is immoral—immoral from the scientific point of view.” “Why?” “Because to influence…

— Oscar Wilde

“There is no such thing as a good influence, Mr. Gray. All influence is immoral,—immoral from the scientific point of view.’ ‘Why?’ ‘Because to…

— Oscar Wilde

“He's paying the price and wondering for what sin and telling himself that he's been too selfish. In what act or thought of his…

— Ayn Rand

A person influenced by circumstances can become viciously envious or affectionately kind. Our company and our surroundings have a crucial effect on our consciousness.…

— Radhanath Swami

“He was an artist of rare ability, a self-taught artist, without teachers or schools, principles and rules, carried away only by the thirst for…

— Nikolai Gogol

He who busies himself with the sins of others, or judges his brother on suspicion, has not yet even begun to repent or to…

— Anonymous

A wise soul once declared that the ultimate power of the writer is that he has the choice of whom he wants to be…

— David Brooks

“But my sins are my strength, he thinks; the sins I have done, that others have not even found the opportunity of committing. I…

— Hilary Mantel

“His every movement was laced with a lethal combination of grace and strength, a lord among mere mortals. He was confident, arrogant, composed and…

— Paula Quinn

“Much of the Soul they talk, but all awry; And in themselves seek virtue; and to themselves All glory arrogate, to God give none”

— John Milton

“The most seductive sin, I suppose, is passing judgment on others, and the next must be acting out of one's anger when one has…

— Nell Gavin

“sinful motive often hides itself under the mask of reverence for another virtue.”)”

— Jimmy Swaggart