My Google quote of the day was from Oscar Wilde

Oscar said, "The only thing that sustains one through life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else, and this is a feeling that I have always cultivated."

This person was diametrically opposed to everything I stand for, if this is something he truly believed.  Most famous people get caught up in self importance.  What Jesus Christ taught was that we should become the least, serving everyone -- that is how we become important.  

"Yet it [the traditional way of greatness] shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant.  And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be you slave – just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." Matthew 19:26-28

If you think about this for a moment, you will see that this way of thinking is so brilliant!  This is not surprising considering the source.  Someone who truly follows this advice with all of their heart will easily become the most famous person in their town.  They will be held in high esteem by Heaven, but likewise, cannot help but be lauded as great by their friends, family, and community.

A Christian thinks differently from the world.  We know what Oscar said, because those that think he was brilliant remind us of it.  However, what would have mattered more is not so much, what Oscar said, but what those that held him in high esteem said about him.  I have not heard much in that regard, so I guess his legacy is more about what he thought he was and less about what he actually was.