"I wish that every human being should be a master, a master of himself, a master of his own destiny, a master of his own life."

"For a woman to be a full human being, she must be entirely autonomous, entirely responsible for her own existence."

"The greatest scandal of the world is the one we get used to."

"Man is a being for whom to be is to choose himself; and to choose himself is to choose himself as a freedom."

"One must not let oneself be caught by surprise by death."