Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain itself, then living is only not dying.
Simone de BeauvoirWomen's mutual understanding comes from the fact that they identify themselves with each other; but for the same reason each is against the others.
Simone de BeauvoirI wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
Simone de BeauvoirRegardless of the staggering dimensions of the world about us, the density of our ignorance, the risks of catastrophes to come, and our individual weakness within the immense collectivity, the fact remains that we are absolutely free today if we choose to will our existence in its finiteness, a finiteness which is open on the infinite. And in fact, any man who has known real loves, real revolts, real desires, and real will knows quite well that he has no need of any outside guarantee to be sure of his goals; their certitude comes from his own drive.
Simone de BeauvoirStichwörter: philosophy feminism existentialism
Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with absolute truth.
Simone de BeauvoirStichwörter: theoretical
Das Glück besteht darin, zu leben wie alle Welt und doch wie kein anderer zu sein.
Simone de BeauvoirCapabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.
Simone de BeauvoirStichwörter: wisdom women feminism
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
Simone de BeauvoirStichwörter: feminism
That's what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.
Simone de BeauvoirStichwörter: compassion generosity charity
On the day when it will be possible for woman to love not in her weakness but in her strength, not to escape herself but to find herself, not to abase herself but to assert herself--on that day love will become for her, as for man, a source of life and not of mortal danger.
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