Philosophy Quotes

Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.

43879 quotes

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"The suppression of women's voices diminishes the voice of humanity itself."
Betty Friedan
S
"The second sex was not born but made through centuries of systematic oppression."
Shulamith Firestone
S
"The nuclear family is a modern invention, not a timeless natural unit."
Shulamith Firestone
S
"We cannot build a free society on the backs of unfree women."
Shulamith Firestone
K
"Intersectionality is a lens for understanding power, not just an identity label."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
K
"The structures that oppress us do not operate independently; they work together."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
K
"Intersectionality teaches us that oppression is relational, not additive."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
K
"Intersectionality teaches us that liberation is interdependent."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
A
"Heterosexuality as an institution has never been questioned by those in power."
Andrea Dworkin
A
"Philosophy without a commitment to women's liberation is incomplete."
Andrea Dworkin
b
"We are shaped by the stories we tell ourselves and the stories told about us."
bell hooks
b
"Philosophy is not abstract; it is how we live our daily lives with intention."
bell hooks
S
"The fetus is not a person; it is a biological potential dependent on the mother's body."
Shulamith Firestone
S
"Femininity is an artificial construct designed to make women palatable to men."
Shulamith Firestone
"There is no such thing as a single issue. We do not live single issue lives."
Audre Lorde
"I believe that self-examination and constant attention to our failings is the price of our justification."
Audre Lorde
"We must be willing to examine our assumptions about what it means to be a woman."
Audre Lorde
B
"Philosophy teaches us how to think, not what to think."
Barbara Smith
B
"Philosophy questions everything."
Barbara Smith
G
"If the shoe doesn't fit, must we change the foot?"
Gloria Steinem
G
"The difference between a feminist and a humanist? Nothing, really."
Gloria Steinem
b
"Spiritual practice teaches us to see the sacred in all beings"
bell hooks
B
"Cultural narratives shape what women believe they can become."
Betty Friedan
A
"Radical simply means grasping things at the root."
Angela Davis
A
"Philosophy must be grounded in the real conditions of people's lives."
Angela Davis
W
"Our relationship with the land defines our future."
Winona LaDuke
W
"Our ancestors' wisdom holds the solutions to today's crises."
Winona LaDuke
W
"We are part of nature, not separate from it."
Winona LaDuke
W
"The land is not a commodity; it is a living being."
Winona LaDuke
W
"To love the Earth is to live as if we belong to it, because we do."
Winona LaDuke