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Ellen Key Quotes: The emancipation of women is practically the greatest egoistic movement of the nineteenth century, and the most intense affirmation of the right of the self that history has yet seen.
         

The emancipation of women is practically the greatest egoistic movement of the nineteenth century, and the most intense affirmation of the right of the self that history has yet seen.


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Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives it; it is ineffective besides. Neither shame nor physical pain have any other effect than a hardening one.

Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives it; it is ineffective besides. Neither shame nor physical pain have any other effect than a hardening one.



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.



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.



The mother is the most precious possessions of the nation, so precious that society advances its highest well-being when it protects the functions of the mother.

The mother is the most precious possessions of the nation, so precious that society advances its highest well-being when it protects the functions of the mother.



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.



Everything, everything in war is barbaric... But the worst barbarity of war is that it forces men collectively to commit acts against which individually they would revolt with their whole being.

Everything, everything in war is barbaric... But the worst barbarity of war is that it forces men collectively to commit acts against which individually they would revolt with their whole being.



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.



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.



Love requires peace, love will dream; it cannot live upon the remnants of our time and our personality.

Love requires peace, love will dream; it cannot live upon the remnants of our time and our personality.



The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract.

The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract.





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Pure motives are prerequisite to the ability to call down the powers of heaven. The Lord will not sustain your efforts to achieve, excel or receive special blessings if your desires are vain.

Pure motives are prerequisite to the ability to call down the powers of heaven. The Lord will not sustain your efforts to achieve, excel or receive special blessings if your desires are vain.



If something is built to show, it's build to grow.

If something is built to show, it's build to grow.



There can be no substitute for work neither affection nor physical well-being can replace it.

There can be no substitute for work neither affection nor physical well-being can replace it.



The soul is innocent and immortal, it should never die ungodly in an armed madhouse.

The soul is innocent and immortal, it should never die ungodly in an armed madhouse.



I think a woman can have all of the ideas and mental pictures. She can be a real planner and a motivator. But in the end, I think a woman does best when she responds to a man.

I think a woman can have all of the ideas and mental pictures. She can be a real planner and a motivator. But in the end, I think a woman does best when she responds to a man.



The notion that a contemporary woman must look mannish in order to be taken seriously as a seeker of power is frankly dismaying. This is America, not Saudi Arabia.

The notion that a contemporary woman must look mannish in order to be taken seriously as a seeker of power is frankly dismaying. This is America, not Saudi Arabia.



I have a future and I have a mind and I have things to look forward to,' but to me it's just about..I love to pitch so much.

I have a future and I have a mind and I have things to look forward to,' but to me it's just about..I love to pitch so much.



If being complicit is wanting to be a force for good and to make a positive impact, then I'm complicit.

If being complicit is wanting to be a force for good and to make a positive impact, then I'm complicit.



Without love, there is no reason to know anyone, for love will in the end connect us to our neighbors, our children and our hearts.

Without love, there is no reason to know anyone, for love will in the end connect us to our neighbors, our children and our hearts.



The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: "It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing."

The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: "It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing."




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