One can best observe a movement of the time - its dangers as well as its advantages - by scrutinising it in its strongest, most pronounced form. Ellen Key advantagedangerform Change image and share on social
If, in the coming thousand years, a feminine culture shall really supplement the masculine, then this will be exactly in the measure in which women have the courage to create and to act as most feminists now do not even dare think. Ellen Key actcomecourage share on social
The exact sciences, which would be considered a priori as little adapted to women, for example mathematics, astronomy and physics, are exactly those in which thus far they have most distinguished themselves. This contains a warning against too precipitate conclusions about the intellectual life of woman. Ellen Key adaptastronomyconclusion share on social
The present practice is to impress one's own discoveries, opinions and principles on the child by constantly directing his actions. The last thing to be realised by the educator is that he really has before him an entirely new soul, a real self whose first and chief right is to think over the things with which he comes in contact. Ellen Key actionchiefchild share on social
The art of living demands that our interest in bringing forth flowers in our family life equal the interest we take in bringing them forth in our window gardens. So long as their home-life aesthetics have not become ethics, women need not expect husbands, children, or servants to feel happy in the homes of their creation. Ellen Key aestheticartbring share on social
When psychical phenomena have been as much investigated as physical, love will also receive its cumatology - that is, its science of waves. We shall follow the curves of the emotions through the ages, their movement of rise and fall, the oppositions and side-influences by which they have been determined. Ellen Key agecumatologycurve share on social
Love is moral even without legal marriage, but marriage is immoral without love. Ellen Key immorallegallove Change image and share on social
Countless are the women parasites who, to satisfy their craving for pleasure and luxury, impoverish father or husband. These lame limbs in the social organism, which themselves accomplish nothing, but for whom all other limbs work, are the most flagrant example of womanly immorality in the present. Ellen Key accomplishcountlesscrave share on social
Socialism and the woman movement are two mighty streams which drag along with them great parts of the firm formations which they touch. Ellen Key dragfirmformation Change image and share on social
Like George Sand, the feminism of the present day asserts the right of free thought against the creed of authority in every field; the solidarity of mankind and the cause of peace against the patriotism of militarism; social reform against the existing relations of society. Ellen Key assertauthoritycreed share on social