One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.

Quote by Simone De Beauvoir

Topics: Friendship Quotes

In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable...

In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable...

Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female - whenever...

Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female - whenever...

Why one man rather than another? It was odd. You find yourself involved with a...

Why one man rather than another? It was odd. You find yourself involved with a...

Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does...

Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does...

One is not born a woman, one becomes one.

One is not born a woman, one becomes one.

However gifted an individual is at the outset, if his or her talents cannot be...

However gifted an individual is at the outset, if his or her talents cannot be...

I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.

I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.

Art is an attempt to integrate evil.

Art is an attempt to integrate evil.

The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels.

The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels.

This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons that have been...

This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons that have been...

When an individual is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he...

When an individual is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he...

Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if...

Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if...

Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with...

Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with...

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or...

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or...

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe...

Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe...

All oppression creates a state of war.

All oppression creates a state of war.

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.

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

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

To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.

To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.