Author: Ellen Key

Quotes

The belief that we some day shall be able to prevent war is, to me, one with the belief in the possibility of making humanity really human.

The belief that we some day shall be able to prevent war is, to me, one with the belief in the possibility of making humanity really human.

- Ellen Key

Social motherliness has made women's struggle for liberty the loveliest synthesis of egoism and altruism.

Social motherliness has made women's struggle for liberty the loveliest synthesis of egoism and altruism.

- Ellen Key

Tenderness has created the first 'social order' - that of the mother with her offspring. Through motherliness, woman later makes her great contributions to civilization.

Tenderness has created the first 'social order' - that of the mother with her offspring. Through motherliness, woman later makes her great contributions to civilization.

- Ellen Key

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

- Ellen Key

Education can give you a skill, but a liberal education can give you dignity.

Education can give you a skill, but a liberal education can give you dignity.

- Ellen Key

What would happen if we finally succeeded in following the directions of nature and recognized that the great secret of education lies hidden in the maxim, 'Do not educate'?

What would happen if we finally succeeded in following the directions of nature and recognized that the great secret of education lies hidden in the maxim, 'Do not educate'?

- Ellen Key

Happiness lies so far from man, but he must begin by daring to will it.

Happiness lies so far from man, but he must begin by daring to will it.

- Ellen Key

At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life; the thorns should never be plucked from his roses.

At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life; the thorns should never be plucked from his roses.

- Ellen Key

Love is moral even without legal marriage, but marriage is immoral without love.

Love is moral even without legal marriage, but marriage is immoral without love.

- Ellen Key

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