"The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw."

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Source : Havelock Ellis (1915). “Impressions and comments”

Havelock Ellis

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“I should like to believe my people's religion, which was just what I could wish, but alas, it is impossible. I have really no religion, for my God, being a spirit shown merely by reason to exist, his properties utterly unknown, is no help to my life. I have nor the parson's comfortable doctrine that every good action has its reward, and every sin is forgiven. My whole religion is this: do every duty, and expect no reward for it, either here or hereafter.”
“Communicating w/kids, its a 2 way street, sometimes they just need us to be there for them & listen.”
“In this very breath that we take now lies the secret that all great teachers try to tell us.”

Source : Peter Matthiessen (1998). “Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982”, p.88, Shambhala Publications
“I say I'm Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin all wrapped up into one. If I die early ... I'll be just like those guys.”
“Like most artists and musicians, I considered myself detached from the political life...but I had an insight that maybe we would have a political contribution to make in the future.”

Source : "Minister of Counterculture". Interview with Oliver Burkeman, www.theguardian.com. October 14, 2005.
“Whatâ€™s the point of truth or beauty or knowledge when anthrax bombs are popping all around you?”
“The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.”
“Many people forget that Jazz, no matter what form it takes, must come from the heart as well as the mind.”

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