Quotes by Havelock Ellis

“Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm.””

“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 the pinnacle of the Temple would alone have damned him, and everything that happened after could but have confirmed the diagnosis.””

“When love is suppressed hate takes its place.””

“The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.””

“It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be great.””

“The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.””

“And it is in his own image, let us remember, that Man creates God.””

“All civilisation has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.””

“The art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.””

“Heroes exterminate each other for the benefit of people who are not heroes.””

“A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.””