“One creates a little world for oneself, and as lamentably insignificant as it may be in comparison with the perpetually changing size of real existence, one feels miraculously great and important, just like a mole in his self-dug hole.” — Albert Einstein Source: from a letter to Pauline Winteler, May 1897, sent from Zürich (translated… Continue reading Albert Einstein Quote
Existence
Oscar Wilde Quote
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” — Oscar Wilde Source: 1891 essay The Soul of Man under Socialism
Oscar Wilde Quote
“… there are moments when one has to choose between living one’s own life, fully, entirely, completely—or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands.” — Oscar Wilde Source: 1892 play Lady Windermere’s Fan, Act 2 (Lord Darlington)