Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with this inferiority only by destroying the male's superiority.

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[...].

Business has two ‘children’. One is called ‘loss’ and the other ‘profit’. No one likes the one called ‘loss’, but both are indeed there. They are born together.

An undisciplined mind is a wasted one, which will be reflected in the life of the one who possesses such a mind.

You can lead a man up to the university but you can't make him think.

The hero is brave in deeds as well as words.

Without mutual tolerance emerging as the foundation, terrible situations like those of Tibet and Sri Lanka, Bosnia and Rwanda, can never be effectively improved.

You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.

No one wants for their child to become a refugee. It's an awful experience.

Violence is never ever a choice that a man should make.

I have always wanted to be a gardener, and I love the time I spend in my garden.

If you want to move to a new level in your life, you must break through your comfort zone and practice doing things that are not comfortable.