Author: Havelock Ellis

Quotes

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

- Havelock Ellis

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

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

- Havelock Ellis

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

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

- Havelock Ellis

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

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

- Havelock Ellis

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.

- Havelock Ellis

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

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

- Havelock Ellis

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

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

When love is suppressed hate takes its place.

When love is suppressed hate takes its place.

- Havelock Ellis

Sex lies at the root of life, and we can never learn to reverence life until we know how to understand sex.

Sex lies at the root of life, and we can never learn to reverence life until we know how to understand sex.

- Havelock Ellis

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