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Michel Foucault Quotes

Biography: Michel Foucault is known for his critical studies of social institutio... more Biography: Michel Foucault is known for his critical studies of social institutions, including psychiatry, medicine, the human sciences, and the prison system. A French philosopher and historian, Foucault's work on the relationship between power and knowledge shaped contemporary thought and influenced diverse academic fields. less

"Where there is power, there is resistance."

Tags: Influence, Power, Conflict, Struggle, Control

"There are forms of oppression and domination which become invisible – the new normal."

Tags: Social justice, Oppression, Inequality, Power dynamics, Social norms

"People know what they do. Frequently, they know why they do what they do. But what they don’t know is what what they do does."

Tags: Self-awareness, Psychology, Introspection, Self-reflection, Consciousness

"I am no doubt not the only one who writes in order to have no face"

Tags: Creativity, Identity, Introspection, Literature, Self-expression

"The main interest in life and work is to become someone else that you were not in the beginning"

Tags: Personal growth, Self-improvement, Self-discovery, Change, Identity

"I don't write a book so that it will be the final word; I write a book so that other books are possible, not necessarily written by me"

Tags: Inspiration, Creativity, Knowledge, Literature, Progress

"Knowledge is not for knowing: knowledge is for cutting"

Tags: Philosophy, Wisdom, Knowledge, Purpose, Insight

"Power is everywhere, not because it embraces everything, but because it comes from everywhere"

Tags: Philosophy, Influence, Power, Authority, Omnipresence