Havelock Ellis Quotes

Every artist writes his own autobiography.... -Havelock Ellis

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

Havelock Ellis , Psychologist
Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the p... -Havelock Ellis

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.

Havelock Ellis , Psychologist
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This quote depicts jealousy as a dragon that kills love while pretending to preserve it. It suggests that jealousy can deceive individuals into believing that it safeguards love, but in reality, it destroys it. It reflects a cautionary perspective on the destructive nature of jealousy within relationships.

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

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

Havelock Ellis , Psychologist
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This quote implies that effective leadership requires a leader to distance themselves from personal attachments or biases towards individuals in order to make impartial and objective decisions.

The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to be, the slaves, instead of the masters of men.

Havelock Ellis , Psychologist
There is nothing that war has ever achieved that w... -Havelock Ellis

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

Havelock Ellis , Psychologist
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This quote asserts that any perceived benefits or accomplishments of war could have been attained through alternative means that are more effective or preferable. It implies that the costs and consequences of war outweigh any advantages it may claim to offer. It promotes the pursuit of peaceful alternatives to conflict.

The family only represents one aspect, however important an aspect, of a human being's functions and activities. A life is beautiful and ideal or the reverse, only when we have taken into our consideration the social as well as the family relationship.

Havelock Ellis , Psychologist
However well organized the foundations of life may... -Havelock Ellis

However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks.

Havelock Ellis , Psychologist
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Recognizing that despite efforts to establish stability and structure in life, inherent risks and uncertainties are always present, suggesting that the unpredictability of life necessitates an acceptance and navigation of risks.

The romantic embrace can only be compared with mus... -Havelock Ellis

The romantic embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.

Havelock Ellis , Psychologist
Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They ... -Havelock Ellis

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

Havelock Ellis , Psychologist

'Charm' - which means the power to effect work without employing brute force - is indispensable to women. Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm.

Havelock Ellis , Psychologist

It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that if we wish to improve our morals we must first improve our knowledge.

Havelock Ellis , Psychologist
There is a very intimate connection between hypnot... -Havelock Ellis

There is a very intimate connection between hypnotic phenomena and religion.

Havelock Ellis , Psychologist
A sublime faith in human imbecility has seldom led... -Havelock Ellis

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

Havelock Ellis , Psychologist
Dreams are real as long as they last. Can we say m... -Havelock Ellis

Dreams are real as long as they last. Can we say more of life?

Havelock Ellis , Psychologist

The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.

Havelock Ellis , Psychologist

In the early days of Christianity the exercise of chastity was frequently combined with a close and romantic intimacy of affection between the sexes which shocked austere moralists.

Havelock Ellis , Psychologist

Education, whatever else it should or should not be, must be an inoculation against the poisons of life and an adequate equipment in knowledge and skill for meeting the chances of life.

Havelock Ellis , Psychologist
The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw.... -Havelock Ellis

The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw.

Havelock Ellis , Psychologist

Thinking in its lower grades, is comparable to paper money, and in its higher forms it is a kind of poetry.

Havelock Ellis , Psychologist
Man lives by imagination.... -Havelock Ellis

Man lives by imagination.

Havelock Ellis , Psychologist

If men and women are to understand each other, to enter into each other's nature with mutual sympathy, and to become capable of genuine comradeship, the foundation must be laid in youth.

Havelock Ellis , Psychologist
Pain and death are part of life. To reject them is... -Havelock Ellis

Pain and death are part of life. To reject them is to reject life itself.

Havelock Ellis , Psychologist

The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts that express themselves first in the human person. The art of building, or architecture, is the beginning of all the arts that lie outside the person; and in the end they unite.

Havelock Ellis , Psychologist
What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisa... -Havelock Ellis

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

Havelock Ellis , Psychologist

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