#equality

L'action des femmes n'a jamais été qu'une agitation symbolique; elles n'ont gagné que ce que les hommes ont bien voulu leur concéder; elles n'ont rien pris: elles ont reçu. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#gender-equality #equality

He may have as strong a sense of what would be right, as you can have, without being so equal under particular circumstances to act up to it." "Then, it would not be so strong a sense. If it failed to produce equal exertion, it could not be an equal conviction. ↗

— Jane Austen

#right #equality

If you have a dog, you will most likely outlive it; to get a dog is to open yourself to profound joy and, prospectively, to equally profound sadness. ↗

— Marjorie Garber

#joy #sadness #equality

The weak are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to either. ↗

— Aristotle

#equality

The true civilization is where every man gives to every other man every right he claims for himself. ↗

— Robert G. Ingersoll

#equality #human-rights #progress #equality

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence every one must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart. ↗

— Solon

#misfortune #equality

What is the sound of one hand clapping? What is the weight of a single grain of sand? The answer is equal to my interest in the message you are about to leave so make it short. -- Mitch Hertzog's voice mail message. ↗

— Meg Cabot

#equality

True love includes equal parts good and bad, but true loves sticks around and doesn't run off to Vegas with a podiatrist. ↗

— A.S. King

#equality

All men are Prophets or else God does not exist. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#equality #god #humanism #prophecy #religion

A thousand years ago five minutes were Equal to forty ounces of fine sand. Outstare the stars. Infinite foretime and Infinite aftertime: above your head They close like giant wings, and you are dead. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#impermanence #time #equality