We belong to this earth. Now I can see the truth ... I love you on this earth of ours. Love me, do!

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[...].

Until you take your first step, you will not be able to open the door to begin the journey toward your ultimate goal.

The trick and the beauty of language is that it seems to order the whole universe, misleading us into believing that we live in sight of a rational space, a possible harmony.

You always think you want to be noticed. Until you are.

The old paradigm was pay to play. Now you get back what you authentically put in. You've got to be willing to play to play.

Sometimes we don't move forward because the people who love us the most unconsciously sabotage our efforts.

It is not the number of Kata you know, but the SUBSTANCE of the Kata you have acquired.

But 'tis the talent of our English nation, Still to be plotting some new reformation.

What began it all was the bright bone of a dream I could hardly hold onto.

I was really excited to get to shave my head - it's something I'd wanted to do for a while and now I had a good excuse. It was nice to shed that level of vanity.

I wanted to understand the secrets behind my chemical experiments and behind the processes in nature.