As long as the family and the myth of the family ... have not been destroyed, women will still be oppressed.

The point is not for women simply to take power out of men’s hands, since that wouldn’t change anything about the world. It’s a question precisely of destroying that notion of power.

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.

All oppression creates a state of war.

To be free is not to have the power to do anything you like; it is to be able to surpass the given toward an open future.

When women act like women, they are accused of being inferior. When women act like human beings, they are accused of behaving like men.

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.

When I was a child, when I was an adolescent, books saved me from despair: that convinced me that culture was the highest of values[...].

If we don't know life, how can we know death?

I have moments where I miss my old self. But I think anyone can get caught up in what we used to have. But at the same time, we can choose to focus on the beauty of now.

Blood of the world, time staunchless flows; The wound is mortal and is mine.

Try to keep an open mind.

We seemed to be drifting as a society - losing touch with the basic concepts of right and wrong.

I love all these politicians, they all say the same thing - 'We'll give California back to the people.' Yeah, great, now that it's not worth anything, they want to give it back to us.

You cannot drag a man's conscience before any tribunal, and no one is answerable for his religious opinions to any power on earth.

Being a good human being is very easy: Be a good son, a good husband, a good parent and a good citizen.

Style applies to a lifestyle. It's not about being told this is trendy, you must do it. Now people have more access than ever before.

I don't have no friends. I don't want no friends. That's how I feel.