Simone de Beauvoir Quotes

I can't turn off the way I think, and that's essentially who I am, who anybody is.

I consider myself a logical person and, you know, a lot of people try to categorize me in one way or another.

Because it's kind of great, being an idea that everybody likes. But I could never be the idea to myself, not all the way.

I believe that it is made out of the same cloth of mind, but it is an add-on, it was something that was specialized to create what we call the self. And it exists for very special purposes and it has very special, and I think by and large good consequences, although not only good consequences.

I don't think I'm a weirdo in a bad way. There's just a lot going on in my head.

You're yourself," Tana said, grinning. "More purely yourself than anyone I know. And if you can't see who that is anymore, then see yourself the way I see you.

We're all unique, just never in the ways we imagine.

As a human being, member of society, you must clearly state your mind. It's a responsibility. It is the way you identify yourself otherwise you don't know who you are and why you are here.

Every one of us is the sum total of his own thoughts

If the will did not exist, neither would there be that centre of the world, which we call the I.

We're constantly being told what other people think we are, and that's why it is so important to know yourself.

The way you see me is the way I am.

Use your brains, your common sense, and do not become an object. The way you look is important, but who you are and how you project it is eventually who you will become and how you will appear.

Nothing is real if you don't believe in who you are!

I liked being a person. I wanted to keep at it.

An 'I' without a body is a possibility. But a body without an 'I' is utterly impossible.

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.

Sense of self, and the way one shares it, is perhaps the most valuable and poetic gift in the arsenal of one's life and craft.

If I were pretentious I would say that I'm not an average person. But really, I know how that is.

If the only vision we have of ourselves comes from the social mirror - from the current social paradigm and from the opinions, perceptions, and paradigms of the people around us - our view of ourselves is like the reflection in a crazy mirror room at the carnival.

Hearing myself so much all the time, I don't think I sound that special all the time because it's me.

I've been compared to people since the beginning. When you're starting out, you need a comparison so people will understand you right away.

Maybe I’d like to be defined by what I am.

Identity is this incredible invisible force that controls your whole life. It's invisible, like gravity is invisible, but it controls your whole life.

I know my face better than anyone else.