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Simone De Beauvoir's thinking on Purpose goes deeper than surface-level advice. This curated archive brings together their essential quotes on the subject, revealing patterns and principles you can apply immediately. Each entry includes full source context, allowing you to understand not just what they said, but why it matters. Whether you're navigating challenges or pursuing mastery, these insights offer the mental models you need to think clearly about Purpose.
"That is what I have to do: to tell the truth, to make myself heard, to provide a witness."
"Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain itself, then living is only not dying."
"Each of us is responsible for everything and to every human being."
"One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion, despite the fear of betrayal."
"Existence is its own justification, if it is not to be a pure and simple fact."
"I was terrified by the idea that my life was a fixed thing, that it was already written."
"One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman."
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