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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You're only young once, but you can be immature forever.

You're only young once, but you can be immature forever.

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...

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...

There has come into existence, chiefly in America, a breed of men who claim to...

There has come into existence, chiefly in America, a breed of men who claim to...

I think that testosterone is a rare poison.

I think that testosterone is a rare poison.

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...

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...

Even crushed against his brother in the Tube the average Englishman pretends desperately that he...

Even crushed against his brother in the Tube the average Englishman pretends desperately that he...

Women have very little idea of how much men hate them.

Women have very little idea of how much men hate them.

Only one thing is certain: if pot is legalized, it won't be for our benefit...

Only one thing is certain: if pot is legalized, it won't be for our benefit...

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...

The real theater of the sex war is the domestic hearth.

The real theater of the sex war is the domestic hearth.

All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only...

All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only...

The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.

The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.

If a person loves only one other person, and is indifferent to his fellow men,...

If a person loves only one other person, and is indifferent to his fellow men,...

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,...

Love, love, love -- all the wretched cant of it, masking egotism, lust, masochism, fantasy...

Love, love, love -- all the wretched cant of it, masking egotism, lust, masochism, fantasy...

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...

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...

The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in...

The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in...