Civilized men arrived in the Pacific, armed with alcohol, syphilis, trousers, and the Bible. Havelock Ellis More Quotes by Havelock Ellis More Quotes From Havelock Ellis All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. Havelock Ellis moving-onletting-golife Sex lies at the root of life, and we can never learn to reverence life until we know how to understand sex. Havelock Ellis rootslyingsex Had there been a Lunatic Asylum in the suburbs of Jerusalem, Jesus Christ would infallibly have been shut up in it at the outset of his public career. That interview with Satan on a pinnacle of the Temple would alone have damned him, and everything that happened after could have confirmed the diagnosis. The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a Lunatic Asylum. Havelock Ellis careersreligiousjesus There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it. Havelock Ellis achievewarpeace To live remains an art which everyone must learn, and which no one can teach. Havelock Ellis teachlifeart What we call 'morals' is simply blind obedience to words of command. Havelock Ellis moralatheismpolitics In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the things that are met with by the way Havelock Ellis philosophyhistoryart I regard sex as the central problem of life. And now that the problem of religion has practically been settled, and that the problem of labor has at least been placed on a practical foundation, the question of sex—with the racial questions that rest on it—stands before the coming generations as the chief problem for solution. Sex lies at the root of life, and we can never learn to reverence life until we know how to understand sex. Havelock Ellis rootslyingsex Of woman as a real human being, with sexual needs and sexual responsibilities, morality has often known nothing. Havelock Ellis realresponsibilityneeds Liberty is always unfinished business Havelock Ellis unfinishedunfinished-businessliberty 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 long-agostarsmoon Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive. Havelock Ellis jealousyhatelove The Promised Land always lies on the other side of a Wilderness. Havelock Ellis landworklying Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the door of Wisdom. Havelock Ellis fooldoorsmen The second great channel through which the impulse towards the control of procreation for the elevation of the race is entering into practical life is by the general adoption, by the educated—of methods for the prevention of conception except when conception is deliberately desired. Havelock Ellis adoptionracesex When love is suppressed hate takes its place. Havelock Ellis best-lovehatelove-is Every artist writes his own autobiography. Havelock Ellis architecturewritingart The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum. Havelock Ellis psychologyoptimismdepression Dreams are real as long as they last. Can we say more of life? Havelock Ellis realdreaminspiring Pain and death are part of life. To reject them is to reject life itself. Havelock Ellis painlovelife
