Edward Carpenter

“The freeing of the Senses, the freeing of the Mind from the dominion of the Senses—these two are the poles of human progress.”

“So long as you are trying to be good, you will never be good.”

“The human body is an instrument for the production of art in the life of the human soul.”

“I see a new religion rising, founded on comradeship and reverence for the body.”

“The sense of solidarity with all living things is the foundation of morality.”

“Let your soul play among the stars.”

“The deepest-rooted of all superstitions is the belief that governs us.”

“To be oneself is the ultimate challenge.”

“The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace.”

“Man will not be Man until he is free.”

“Love is a wonderful, terrible thing.”

“Art is a new and higher form of life.”

“The custom of enslaving prisoners of war, when meaningless and unnecessary, is a dastardly crime.”

“England is the land of sects.”

“If you will only what you will, you will not get what you want.”