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

Quote by Henry Ellis

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Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the...

Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the...

To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.

To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.

One can know nothing of giving aught that is worthy to give unless one also...

One can know nothing of giving aught that is worthy to give unless one also...

Thinking in its lower grades, is comparable to paper money, and in its higher forms...

Thinking in its lower grades, is comparable to paper money, and in its higher forms...

The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.

The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.

The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to...

The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to...

It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared...

It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared...

The Promised Land always lies on the other side of a Wilderness.

The Promised Land always lies on the other side of a Wilderness.

A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.

A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.

If men and women are to understand each other, to enter into each other's nature...

If men and women are to understand each other, to enter into each other's nature...

There has never been any country at every moment so virtuous and so wise that...

There has never been any country at every moment so virtuous and so wise that...

A sublime faith in human imbecility has seldom led those who cherish it astray.

A sublime faith in human imbecility has seldom led those who cherish it astray.

The omnipresent process of sex, as it is woven into the whole texture of our...

The omnipresent process of sex, as it is woven into the whole texture of our...

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means...

The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means...

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding...

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding...

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without...

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without...

The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts that express themselves...

The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts that express themselves...

I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians,...

I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians,...

It has always been difficult for Man to realize that his life is all an...

It has always been difficult for Man to realize that his life is all an...