Politics cannot be a science, because in politics theory and practice cannot be separated, and the sciences depend upon their separation.

From beginning to end Wilde performed his life and continued to do so even after fame had taken the plot out of his own hands.

The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.

The most important truths are likely to be those which society at that time least wants to hear.

We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our country because such affections come naturally to us and are good in themselves, although we may corrupt them. We are commanded to love our neighbor because our natural attitude toward the other is one of either indifference or hostility.

Does God judge us by appearances? I Suspect that He does.

There is a certain kind of person who is so dominated by the desire to be loved for himself alone that he has constantly to test those around him by tiresome behavior; what he says and does must be admired, not because it is intrinsically admirable, but because it is his remark, his act. Does not this explain a good deal of avant-garde art?