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

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[...].

May you have the courage to chase your dreams.

Virtually all organisations known to you work largely by means of your greed.

A good writer is an excellent reader.

I will say that the environment I grew up in was not the most progressive.

the truth of who we are is innate goodness, and the whole journey is really about removing any obstacle or false belief that keeps us from knowing that

Men are not given awards and promotions for bravery in intimacy.

One of the reasons that I do a lot of different kinds of pictures is because I learn a lot when I'm doing them.

I never had any acting heroes. I never really went to the theatre.

A five-minute teacher understands that peers' words can carry a lot more weight than his or her own, and there is nothing wrong with students doing the teaching.

God wants nothing from you but the gift of a peaceful heart.