I discovered feminism around 1970-72-precisely the time when feminism began to exist in France. Before that, there was no feminism.

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[...].

Books, the children of the brain.

Life is like a mirror. Smile at it and it smiles back at you.

I believe that any candidate who supports the war should not receive our support. It doesn't matter if they're Senator Clinton or whoever

The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.

I'm not at a point in my life when I'm analyzing too much.

I think the deepest belief I have . . . is that love really is the answer to all problems.

Using the Japan-U.S. alliance as a basis, it is important that we maintain and develop cooperative relations with our neighboring countries such as China, South Korea, and Russia.

It is not about mind-watching; but rather recognizing That which watches the mind.

No one goes through life with a whole heart.

An opportunity is a conjunction of circumstances by which one may improve his condition of life or his equipment for life.