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Just as little as terror - not even the terror of war - can save the world, just as little can hate ever be anything uplifting. Love is the only firm ground for peace - not only love for one's fellowmen, but first of all, love of one's country.

~Ellen Key

Topics: Anything Country Even Ever Firm First First Of All Ground Hate Just Little Love Love Is Only Only Love Peace Save Save The World Terror Uplifting War World

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In order to overcome the spirit that creates war, mothers must begin in the tender years of childhood to teach children that right must be the foundation of all might, that authority can be exercised without the help of fists.

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Topics: Authority Begin Childhood Children Creates Fists Foundation Help Might Mothers Must Order Overcome Right Spirit Teach Tender War Without Years

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Children must be impressed with the fact that the greatest heroes are those who fight to help others, not those who fight for power or glory. They must be made to understand that victory does not prove that the thing fought for is right, nor that defeat proves that a cause is wrong.

~Ellen Key

Topics: Cause Children Defeat Does Fact Fight Fought Glory Greatest Help Help Others Heroes Impressed Made Must Nor Others Power Prove Proves Right Thing Those Understand Victory Who Wrong

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The decisive factor for the future of Europe - and before all things, for the 'restoration' of Europe - will be whether political thought and national feelings are influenced by the reality of internationalism.

~Ellen Key

Topics: All Things Before Decisive Europe Factor Feelings Future Influenced Internationalism National Political Reality Restoration Things Thought Whether Will

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The simplest formula for the new conception of morality, which is beginning to be opposed to the moral dogma still esteemed by all society, but especially by the women, might be summed up in these words: Love is moral even without legal marriage, but marriage is immoral without love.

~Ellen Key

Topics: Beginning Conception Dogma Esteemed Even Formula Immoral Legal Love Love Is Marriage Might Moral Morality New Opposed Simplest Society Still Up Which Without Women Words

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The ever clearer consciousness that love can dispense with marriage, yet marriage cannot dispense with love, is already partially recognized by modern society, by the facility of divorce.

~Ellen Key

Topics: Cannot Clearer Consciousness Dispense Divorce Ever Facility Love Love Is Marriage Modern Modern Society Recognized Society

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Love, as life, will fortunately remain an eternal mystery which no science will be able to penetrate and which reason cannot rule. Our only hope for the future is that man, endowed with a more delicate sense, will listen to the secrets of his own life.

~Ellen Key

Topics: Able Cannot Delicate Endowed Eternal Fortunately Future His Hope Life Listen Love Man More Mystery Only Our Own Penetrate Reason Remain Rule Science Secrets Sense Which Will

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To burn the ideal of a great love into the soul of youth in letters of fire - that is to give him a real moral strength.

~Ellen Key

Topics: Burn Fire Give Great Great Love Him Ideal Letters Love Moral Real Soul Strength Youth

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Certainly it may, under present imperfect conditions, often be a duty not to destroy the outward form of marriage for the sake of the children. But by no means can this duty be preached as universally binding.

~Ellen Key

Topics: Binding Certainly Children Conditions Destroy Duty Form Imperfect Marriage May Means Often Outward Preached Present Sake Universally

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A new principle cannot be put into effect without bringing with it new mistakes. But we may, however, be convinced that the laws of life - to which belongs the law that suffering follows the misuse of freedom - will finally be able to bring everything within its right limits.

~Ellen Key

Topics: Able Belongs Bring Bringing Cannot Convinced Effect Everything Finally Follows Freedom However Law Laws Life Limits May Mistakes Misuse New Principle Put Right Suffering Which Will Within Without

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Biography

Nationality: Swedish

Type: Writer

Born: December 11th, 1849

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