Education, whatever else it should or should not be, must be an inoculation against the poisons of life and an adequate equipment in knowledge and skill for meeting the chances of life.

Quote by Havelock Ellis

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Dreams are real as long as they last. Can we say more of life

Dreams are real as long as they last. Can we say more of life

Pain and death are part of life. To reject them is to reject life itself.

Pain and death are part of life. To reject them is to reject life itself.

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.

In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the...

In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the...

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of...

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of...

A religion can no more afford to degrade its Devil than to degrade its God.

A religion can no more afford to degrade its Devil than to degrade its God.

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

Man lives by imagination.

Man lives by imagination.

The sanitary and mechanical age we are now entering makes up for the mercy it...

The sanitary and mechanical age we are now entering makes up for the mercy it...

When love is suppressed hate takes its place

When love is suppressed hate takes its place

The more rapidly a civilization progresses, the sooner it dies for another to rise in...

The more rapidly a civilization progresses, the sooner it dies for another to rise in...

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.

It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that...

It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that...

The parents have not only to train their children: it is of at least equal...

The parents have not only to train their children: it is of at least equal...

Still, whether we like it or not, the task of speeding up the decrease of...

Still, whether we like it or not, the task of speeding up the decrease of...

The average husband enjoys the total effect of his home but is usually unable to...

The average husband enjoys the total effect of his home but is usually unable to...

The world's greatest thinkers have often been amateurs; for high thinking is the outcome of...

The world's greatest thinkers have often been amateurs; for high thinking is the outcome of...

Failing to find in women exactly the same kind of sexual emotions, as they find...

Failing to find in women exactly the same kind of sexual emotions, as they find...

When love is suppressed hate takes its place.

When love is suppressed hate takes its place.

The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago, had they happened...

The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago, had they happened...