There is only one solution if old age is not to be an absurd parody of our former life, and that is to go on pursuing ends that give our existence a meaning.

The point is not for women simply to take power out of men’s hands, since that wouldn’t change anything about the world. It’s a question precisely of destroying that notion of power.

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.

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

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

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.

All oppression creates a state of war.

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.

When women act like women, they are accused of being inferior. When women act like human beings, they are accused of behaving like men.

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.

When I was a child, when I was an adolescent, books saved me from despair: that convinced me that culture was the highest of values[...].

Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.

The pool is terrible, but that doesn't have much to do with my record swims. That's all mental attitude.

Islam is based on naql (texts) and ‘aql (intellect). Some people just have the texts – we call them naql-heads.

It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.

I've never been the type of guy that had a lot of friends or was part of the cool group.

Ability is that sufficiency which cometh from God.

I'm a semi-failed writer, but I'm a capital-F Failed musician.

The development of Africa will not happen without the effective participation of women. Our forefathers' image of women must be buried once for all.

If one is intelligent and applies himself well, what can he not accomplish? Even small bands of people, I have heard, have defeated whole armies.

If I had my druthers, I would be working in all different mediums, forever.