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.

Women aren't more easily swayed by fascism than men, but I believe that their situation makes them in effect more slavish than men.

All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of fact subordinate to him, and that is why he will always have it in his power to destroy them.

To be free is not to have the power to do anything you like; it is to be able to surpass the given toward an open future.

That's what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.

To abstain from politics is in itself a political attitude.

In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation.