The emancipation of women must be the work of women themselves, independent of the class struggle.

From the very beginning, existentialism defined itself as a philosophy of ambiguity.

Every time a man dies, a child dies too, and an adolescent and a young man as well; everyone weeps for the one who was dear to him.

One is not conceived a lady, one turns into one.

When an individual (or a group of individuals) is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he is inferior.

…but all day long I would be training myself to think, to understand, to criticize, to know myself; I was seeking for the absolute truth: this preoccupation did not exactly encourage polite conversation.

The arrogance of some Christians would close heaven to them if, to their misfortune, it existed.