The place where optimism flourishes most is the lunatic asylum

Quote by Havelock Ellis

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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.

Man lives by imagination.

Man lives by imagination.

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...

A religion can no more afford to degrade its Devil than to degrade its God.

A religion can no more afford to degrade its Devil than to degrade its God.

The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago, had they happened...

The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago, had they happened...

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.

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 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...

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...

It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that...

It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that...

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...

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...

Every man of genius sees the world at a different angle from his fellows, and...

Every man of genius sees the world at a different angle from his fellows, and...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Of woman as a real human being, with sexual needs and sexual responsibilities, morality has...

Of woman as a real human being, with sexual needs and sexual responsibilities, morality has...

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...

Still, whether we like it or not, the task of speeding up the decrease of...

Still, whether we like it or not, the task of speeding up the decrease of...