All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.
Henry Ellis

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.
Henry Ellis

To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.
Henry Ellis

Dreams are real as long as they last. Can we say more of life?
Henry Ellis

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.
Henry Ellis

Every artist writes his own autobiography.
Henry Ellis

The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.
Henry Ellis

The family only represents one aspect, however important an aspect, of a human being's functions and activities. A life is beautiful and ideal or the reverse, only when we have taken into our consideration the social as well as the family relationship.
Henry Ellis