13 quotes found
“By nature independent, gay, even exuberant, seductively responsive and given to those spontaneous sallies that sparkle in the conversation of certain daughters of Paris who seem to have inhaled sin...”
“I think the essence of wisdom is emancipation, as far as possible, from the tyranny of the here and now.”
“She had learnt many things since the days of her first rebellion, and she knew now that this matter of the man friend and nothing else in the world is the central issue in the emancipation of women...”
“It was a thought, that. Not to attach yourself to a man, but to confront instead the open world, the wide fields of France and Spain, the ocean, anything. Not just to hitch a lift with the first fe...”
“The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.”
“Women make up one half of society. Our society will remain backward and in chains unless its women are liberated, enlightened and educated.”
“The only prison we can be is prison of our mind.”
“[Darwin] gave an answer to the tremendous question that so deeply concerns...What is Man? [He] answered this question to the effect that man is a natural product of the universe;...man is an animal...”
“Freedom without the means to be self-supporting is a one-armed triumph.”
“Emancipation resulting in madness. Unlimited freedom to choose and play a tremendous variety of roles with a lot of coarse energy.”
“We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery, for though others may free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind. Mind is our only ruler; sovereign.”
“Your mind will enchain you. Your heart will set you free”
