Oscar Wilde Quotes about Growth

The final mystery is oneself.

Oscar Wilde

Inspiring, Learning, Growth

Letter to Alfred Douglas, Jan. - Mar. 1897

The systems that fail are those that rely on the permanency of human nature, and not its growth and development.

Oscar Wilde

Growth, Development, Human Nature

Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.1062, Wordsworth Editions

The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. Change is the one quality we can predicate of it. The systems that fail are those that rely on the permanency of human nature, and not on its growth and development. The error of Louis XIV was that he thought human nature would always be the same. The result of his error was the French Revolution. It was an admirable result.

Oscar Wilde

Nature, Errors, Growth

Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.1062, Wordsworth Editions

[T]he recognition of private property has really harmed Individualism, and obscured it, by confusing a man with what he possesses. It has led Individualism entirely astray. It has made gain, not growth its aim. So that man thought that the important thing is to have, and did not know that the important thing is to be.

Oscar Wilde

Men, Confusing, Growth

Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.1045, Wordsworth Editions