She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.

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[...].

the holiest place on earth is where an ancient hatred has become apresent love.

The things that pose the greatest threats to your survival are the most real things.

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

Leadership implies movement toward something and convictions provide that direction.

I think that it’s not as crazily different, my job, from anyone else’s, as people let themselves believe. I think people get wrapped up in their own idea of what it is, but it’s really not that.

Don't let the things you don't have prevent you from using what you do have.

The strength to kill is not essential for self-defence; one ought to have the strength to die.

I'm always making a conscious effort to be viable and accessible.

Those who are going to be in business tomorrow are those who understand that the future, as always, belongs to the brave.

It is the vice of scholars to suppose that there is no knowledge in the world but that of books.