I take on a shape and an existence only if I first throw myself into the world by loving, by doing.

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[...].

God never leaves His children to wander alone. We are always surrounded with unconditional love.

What nobody understood then is this: The only way that you achieve what you want and fulfill your dreams and become great is by demanding that sort of attention. You have to make it happen.

This is the sum; my brethren, preach Christ, always and evermore. He is the whole gospel. His person, offices, and work must be our one great all-comprehending theme

Closure is a preposterous concept worthy of the worst aspects of American daytime TV.

To me, it doesn't make any sense to pick your work based on the size of the budget of the movie.

I went to a military school between the ages of six and 12 and later into the air force. You learn discipline and strength of character.

We have entered the era of the 'imperial' former presidency with lavish libraries, special staffs and benefits, around-the-clock Secret Service protection for life and other badges of privilege.

The Catholic tradition maintains that the objective norms governing right action are accessible to reason, prescinding from the content of revelation.

It becomes essential to choose one's path. Life consists in making these choices. One develops by choosing. It requires strength to become a child of God.

I'm a character actor, but I look like a leading man.