Simone de Beauvoir Quotes

"One is not born, but rather becomes a woman."

on Gender

"I was too much of an extremist to be able to live under the eye of God and at the same time say both yes and no to life"

on Philosophy

"If so few female geniuses are found in history, it is because society denies them any means of expression."

on Gender

"Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable."

on Capitalism

"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."

on Strength

"...her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly."

on Wisdom

"Girls are weighed down by restrictions, boys with demands - two equally harmful disciplines."

on Gender

"Ethics is the triumph of freedom over facticity."

on Ethics

"No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility."

on Relationships

"I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom."

on Freedom

"What an odd thing a diary is: the things you omit are more important than those you put in."

on Writing

"Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay."

on Inspirational

"Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself."

on Truth

"I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me."

on Truth

"What is an adult? A child blown up by age."

on Philosophy