Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.

it is not the inferiority of women that has caused their historical insignificance; it is rather their historical insignificance that has doomed them to inferiority.

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.

immortality is a terrible curse.

Since it is the Other within us who is old, it is natural that the revelation of our age should come to us from outside --from others. We do not accept it willingly.

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

What is an adult? A child blown up by age.