Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir
Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir; 9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986) was a French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist and social theorist. Though she did not consider herself a philosopher, she had a significant influence on both feminist existentialism and feminist theory...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth9 January 1908
CountryFrance
change positive inspirational-life
Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
love life kindness
One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
life-and-love intelligent feminist
I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself
individuality talent social
However gifted an individual is at the outset, if his or her talents cannot be developed because of his or her social condition, because of the surrounding circumstances, these talents will be still-born.
strength
Let women be provided with living strength of their own.
love romantic space
She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.
dream children war
The curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals are joined in their weakness rather than in their strength -each asking from the other instead of finding pleasure in giving. It is even more deceptive to dream of gaining through the child a plenitude, a warmth, a value, which one is unable to create for oneself; the child brings joy only to the woman who is capable of disinterestedly desiring the happiness of another, to one who without being wrapped up in self seeks to transcend her own existence.
infinity accepting incapable
I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.
couple justice hypocrisy
When we abolish the slavery of half of humanity, together with the whole system of hypocrisy it implies, then the "division" of humanity will reveal its genuine significance and the human couple will find its true form.
conscience
There is only one good. And that is to act according to the dictates of one's conscience.
marriage careers benefits
Marriage is a career which brings about more benefits than many others.
fighting self guarantees
Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.
couple together goes-on
A couple who go on living together merely because that was how they began, without any other reason: was that what we were turning into?
suicide hate reality
In a way, literature is true than life,' he said to himself. 'On paper, you say exactly and completely what you feel. How easy it is to break things off on paper! You hate, you shout, you kill, you commit suicide; you carry things to the very end. And that's why it's false. But it's damned satisfying. In life, you're constantly denying yourself, and others are always contradicting you. On paper, I make time stand still and I impose my convictions on the whole world; they become the only reality.