H. Havelock Ellis: Man

H. Havelock Ellis was British physician, writer, and social reformer. Explore interesting quotes on man.

H. Havelock Ellis: 62 quotes 2 likes

“"Charm"—which means the power to effect work without employing brute force—is indispensable to women. Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm.”

H. Havelock Ellis

The Task of Social Hygiene, ch. 3 HTTP://BOOKS.GOOGLE.COM/books?id=nAoAAAAAYAAJ&q=%22charm+which+means+the+power+to+effect+work+without+employing+brute+force+is+indispensable+to+women+charm+is+a+woman%27s+strength+just+as+strength+is+a+man%27s+charm%22&pg=PA81#v=onepage

Women

“The omnipresent process of sex, as it is woven into the whole texture of our man's or woman's body, is the pattern of all the process of our life.”

H. Havelock Ellis

The New Spirit (1890)

Life , Sex

“It is curious how there seems to be an instinctive disgust in Man for his nearest ancestors and relations. If only Darwin could conscientiously have traced man back to the Elephant or the Lion or the Antelope, how much ridicule and prejudice would have been spared to the doctrine of Evolution.”

H. Havelock Ellis

Impressions and Comments http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/8ells10.txt (1914)

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

H. Havelock Ellis

Source: The Dance of Life http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300671.txt (1923), Ch. 5