The parents have not only to train their children: it is of at least equal importance that they should train themselves.

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In the early days of Christianity the exercise of chastity was frequently combined with a...

In the early days of Christianity the exercise of chastity was frequently combined with a...

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

Liberty is always unfinished business

Liberty is always unfinished business

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.

When love is suppressed hate takes its place.

When love is suppressed hate takes its place.

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...

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...

Man lives by imagination.

Man lives by imagination.

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...

For every fresh stage in our lives we need a fresh education, and there is...

For every fresh stage in our lives we need a fresh education, and there is...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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.

When love is suppressed hate takes its place

When love is suppressed hate takes its place

What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.

What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.

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...

It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success.

It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success.

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...