Simone de Beauvoir Quotes (10+)

Enjoy the best Simone de Beauvoir Quotes. Quotations by Simone de Beauvoir (French Writer and Feminist Philosopher)
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To be free is to be oneself, and to be oneself is to be free.

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

I am awfully greedy; I want everything from life.

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.

The point is not for women simply to take power out of men's hands... but to destroy that notion of power.

Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself.

I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely.

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

About the Author

Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986) was a French philosopher and social theorist. Her foundational work 'The Second Sex' is a classic of modern feminism, exploring the historical and social construction of womanhood.