It is safe to say that no other superstition is so detrimental to growth, so enervating and paralyzing to the minds and hearts of the people, as the superstition of Morality.
More Quotes from Emma Goldman:
The strongest bulwark of authority is uniformity the least divergence from it is the greatest crime.Emma Goldman
Only when human sorrows are turned into a toy with glaring colors will baby people become interested - for a while at least. The people are a very fickle baby that must have new toys every day.
Emma Goldman
To disbelieve in the gods is at the same time to affirm life, purpose and beauty.
Emma Goldman
The higher mental development of woman, the less possible it is for her to meet a congenial male who will see in her, not only sex, but also the human being, the friend, the comrade and strong individuality, who cannot and ought not lose a single trait of her character.
Emma Goldman
Heaven must be an awfully dull place if the poor in spirit live there.
Emma Goldman
The political arena leaves one no alternative, one must either be a dunce or a rogue.
Emma Goldman
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Mind Quotes, Morality Quotes, People Quotes, Superstitions QuotesBased on Keywords: enervating, paralyzing
I steal from every movie ever made.
Quentin Tarantino
Democrats can't get elected unless things get worse - and things won't get worse unless they get elected.
Jeane Kirkpatrick
To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul. To Miss Mackay it is a putting in of something that is not there, and that is not what I call education. I call it intrusion.
Muriel Spark