“The body is the instrument of our hold on the world.”

“The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project”

“Weakness' is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes.”

“To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.”

“To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.”

“History took hold of me and never let me go thereafter.”

“Regardless of the staggering dimensions of the world about us, the density of our ignorance, the risks of catastrophes to come, and our individual weakness within the immense collectivity, the fact remains that we are absolutely free today if we choose to will our existence in its finiteness, a finiteness which is open on the infinite. And in fact, any man who has known real loves, real revolts, real desires, and real will knows quite well that he has no need of any outside guarantee to be sure of his goals; their certitude comes from his own drive.”