Christianity gave eroticism its savor of sin and legend when it endowed the human female with a soul.

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[...].

Take hold of your passing time and convert it into living your dreams.

I'm afraid concerts spoil people for everyday life.

But you can't stay in the dark for so long. Something inside of you starts to fade and you become like a starving person, crazy-hungry for light.

Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself.

I've always loved animals and I always thought that they were, if not better, then the absolute equal of any two legged creature that God ever created.

The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.

One of the most effective ways to overcome anxiety is to try to shift the focus of attention away from self and toward others.

If you put yourself around people that want to be productive, that want to make the most of what they have, then the sky's the limit.

The savages don't have atom bombs.

So I left with Jean Claude and went to Paris, so when the Russians came to Prague, I was in Paris.