

“Men would support us, we are told, if only we learned how to ask in the right way. It’s a subtle and effective way of not only blaming the victim, but making the victim blame herself.”
― Men and Women Talking
― Men and Women Talking

“One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all.”
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“Lo único que necesita el mal para triunfar es que los hombres buenos no hagan nada. EDMUND BURKE”
― La Virgen en tus ojos
― La Virgen en tus ojos

“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
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“We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly.”
― The Big Book of Feminist Quotes
― The Big Book of Feminist Quotes

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