Philosophy Quotes

"Thought without action is merely philosophy."

"The self is always a project."

"We must create our own essence through action."

"Society shapes us, but we also shape society."

"The intellect serves the passions."

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

"The ethics of ambiguity requires that we accept our freedom and our responsibility."

"The individual is thrown into the world, without having chosen its circumstances."

"We should not understand independence as non-engagement."

"The ambiguity of human existence is that we are both subjects and objects in the world."

"What defines a woman is not her body, but her consciousness of herself."

"We are our own responsibility and we cannot escape it."

"The world does not determine us; we determine ourselves through our choices."

"The body is not an obstacle to personhood; it is the ground of personhood."

"We must reject the false consolations of both tradition and despair."

"A woman must build her own meaning; she cannot inherit it."

"To live authentically is to live in constant recognition of one's freedom."

"Pure dogmatism is laziness masked as certainty."

"Morality is the weakness of the brain."

"Form is emptiness and emptiness is form."

"The paradox is only a truth standing on its head to attract attention."

"A lady's virtue is a man's greatest invention."

"Existence is strange and wonderful."

"The only mystery worth exploring is the mystery within ourselves."

"Fate is a mysterious force, and we are but its instruments."

"The privilege of greatness is to see the world in a grain of sand."

"Every person we meet carries a universe within them."

"Suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning."

"We are dying from civility."

"Conscience is the voice of the soul."