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

Quote by Havelock Ellis

Topics: Civilization Quotes, Revolution Quotes

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.

Charm - which means the power to effect work without employing brute force - is...

Charm - which means the power to effect work without employing brute force - is...

The place where optimism flourishes most is the lunatic asylum

The place where optimism flourishes most is the lunatic asylum

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...

Man lives by imagination.

Man lives by imagination.

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

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.

Education, whatever else it should or should not be, must be an inoculation against the...

Education, whatever else it should or should not be, must be an inoculation against the...

There is a very intimate connection between hypnotic phenomena and religion.

There is a very intimate connection between hypnotic phenomena and religion.

Socialism also brings us up against the hard rock of eugenic fact which, if we...

Socialism also brings us up against the hard rock of eugenic fact which, if we...

No act can be quite so intimate as the sexual embrace.

No act can be quite so intimate as the sexual embrace.

The husband - by primitive instinct partly, certainly by ancient tradition - regards himself as...

The husband - by primitive instinct partly, certainly by ancient tradition - regards himself as...

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

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it...

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it...

When love is suppressed hate takes its place.

When love is suppressed hate takes its place.

The by-product is sometimes more valuable than the product.

The by-product is sometimes more valuable than the product.

Sex lies at the root of life, and we can never learn to reverence life...

Sex lies at the root of life, and we can never learn to reverence life...

Sex is like high school...you miss a period and you're in trouble.

Sex is like high school...you miss a period and you're in trouble.

Remember, if you smoke after sex you're doing it too fast.

Remember, if you smoke after sex you're doing it too fast.

I didn't practice abstinence, I perfected it.

I didn't practice abstinence, I perfected it.