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Biography - Simone de Beauvoir:

French writer, intellectual and philosopher.
Born: 1908 - Died: 1986
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: France
France

To will oneself free is also to will others free.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Se vouloir libre, c'est aussi vouloir les autres libres.

German
Frei sein wollen bedeutet wollen, dass auch die anderen frei sind.




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I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

when we say that a man is responsible for himself, we do not only mean that he is responsible for his own individuality, but that he is responsible for all men.

Humankind has become so much one family that we cannot ensure our own prosperity except by ensuring that of everyone else. If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also happy.

I can take my freedom as a goal only if I take the freedom of others as a goal as well.




Quotes for: to will


Quotes

Quotes for: to will


Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do.






Love, and do what you will.





The kind of happiness I want consists, not so much in doing what I wish, as in not doing what I don't wish.





We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to comes.





Everyone's responsibility involves two acts: wanting to know and daring to say.





Don't demand that things happen as you wish, but wish that they happen as they do happen, and you will go on well.











Quotes for: freedom


Quotes

Quotes about freedom:


There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.





One is not born, but rather becomes, free.





This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.





Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.





People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.





Article I – Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions can be founded only on the common good.











Quotes for: others


Quotes

Quotes about others:


Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.





The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.





To be happy, we must consider the happiness of another.





Let the other side be heard as well.
Seneca / 





The best means of learning to know oneself is seeking to understand others.





Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.











Quotes

Simone de Beauvoir also said...


Harmony between two individuals is never granted - it has to be conquered indefinitely.





I accept the great adventure of being me.





Never forget that it will be enough for a political, economic or religious crisis for the rights of women to be called into question. These rights are never acquired. You will have to remain vigilant throughout your life.





The present is not a potential past; it is the moment of choice and action.





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





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












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