All oppression creates a state of war.
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.
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.
When we abolish the slavery of half of humanity, together with the whole system of hypocrisy it implies, then the “division” of humanity will reveal its genuine significance and the human couple will find its true form.
She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.
No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.
A man attaches himself to woman – not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
There is only one good. And that is to act according to the dictates of one’s conscience.
Marriage is a career which brings about more benefits than many others.
It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for living.
No woman should be authorized to stay at home and raise her children. Society should be totally different. Women should not have that choice, precisely because if there is such a choice, too many women will make that one.
Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.
To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
She would never change, but one day at the touch of a fingertip she would fall to dust.
I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth – and truth rewarded me.