When the sense of solidarity has been developed to such a point that each one feels the cause of all others as his own, we shall be drawing near to international and to social peace. Ellen Key developdrawfelt Change image and share on social
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. Ellen Key corporaleffectharden Change image and share on social
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
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
The educator should do anything but advise the child to do what everybody does. He should rather rejoice when he sees in the child tendencies to deviation. Ellen Key advisechilddeviation Change image and share on social
The educator must above all understand how to wait; to reckon all effects in the light of the future, not of the present. Ellen Key educatoreffectfuture Change image and share on social
No one who passively endures an injustice against himself has the material in him to struggle for the rights of others. The one who patiently forbears becomes an accessory to the injustice done to others. He who resists the injustice which he himself meets can open up the way to a higher right for others. Ellen Key accessoryendureforbear share on social
On the question of marriage, as in all other respects, Lutheranism is a compromise, a bridge between two logical views of the universe: the Catholic-Christian and the Individualistic Monist. And bridges are made to go over, not to stand upon. Ellen Key bridgecatholicchristian share on social
Men have desired, and justly, that women should learn from their confessions in regard to the conflict between man and woman. But woman, because of the conventional conception of womanly purity, has been intimidated from conceding to men a deep insight into her erotic life experiences. Ellen Key concedeconceptionconfession share on social
Only by keeping oneself in constant process of growth, under the constant influence of the best things in one's own age, does one become a companion halfway good enough for one's children. Ellen Key agechildcompanion Change image and share on social