Developing the muscles of the soul demands no competitive spirit, no killer instinct, although it may erect pain barriers that the spiritual athlete must crash through.

Quote by Germaine Greer

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The management of fertility is one of the most important functions of adulthood.

The management of fertility is one of the most important functions of adulthood.

Women are reputed never to be disgusted. The sad fact is that they often are,...

Women are reputed never to be disgusted. The sad fact is that they often are,...

Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem...

Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem...

Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure,...

Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure,...

Freud is the father of psychoanalysis. It has no mother.

Freud is the father of psychoanalysis. It has no mother.

The compelled mother loves her child as the caged bird sings. The song does not...

The compelled mother loves her child as the caged bird sings. The song does not...

The older woman's love is not love of herself, nor of herself mirrored in a...

The older woman's love is not love of herself, nor of herself mirrored in a...

Australia is a huge rest home, where no unwelcome news is ever wafted on to...

Australia is a huge rest home, where no unwelcome news is ever wafted on to...

I have always been principally interested in men for sex. I've always thought any sane...

I have always been principally interested in men for sex. I've always thought any sane...

Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of...

Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of...

Man made one grave mistake: in answer to vaguely reformist and humanitarian agitation he admitted...

Man made one grave mistake: in answer to vaguely reformist and humanitarian agitation he admitted...

There is no such thing as security. There never has been.

There is no such thing as security. There never has been.

What we ought to see in the agonies of puberty is the result of the...

What we ought to see in the agonies of puberty is the result of the...

One may not reach the dawn save by the path of the night.

One may not reach the dawn save by the path of the night.

The real theater of the sex war is the domestic hearth

The real theater of the sex war is the domestic hearth

Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone...

Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone...

English culture is basically homosexual in the sense that the men only really care about...

English culture is basically homosexual in the sense that the men only really care about...

Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack...

Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack...

The essence of pleasure is spontaneity.

The essence of pleasure is spontaneity.

I think that testosterone is a rare poison.

I think that testosterone is a rare poison.