- Weakness’ is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes.
- It is true that nothing is gained without something being lost: everyone knows that in fulfilling oneself one necessarily sacrifices some possibilities.
- I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
- Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.
- 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.
- Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
- What an odd thing a diary is: the things you omit are more important than those you put in.
- People seem to think that if you keep your head empty you automatically fill your balls.
- Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain itself, then living is only not dying.
- Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.
10 inspirational simone de beauvoir quotes on success
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