Difference is not equated with superiority or inferiority, dominating or being dominated, being served or serving.

In sum, the struggle for our future is . . . the struggle between those who cling to patterns of domination and those working for a more equitable partnership world.

to change our realities, we also have to change our myths. As history amply demonstrates, myths and realities go hand in hand.

When the status and power of women is greater so also is the nation’s general quality of life; when they are lower, so is the quality of life for all.

For new ideas to be translated into new realities requires not only clarity of vision but also the opportunity to change old realities.

The only life many of the leaders of the anti-family planning movement seem to care about -- indeed obsess about -- is life before birth and after death.

We are rapidly moving into the post-industrial age, when we must redefine what is "productive" work, as more and more jobs are being replaced by automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence.

The link between intimate violence in the home and the international violence of terrorism and war is as tightly bound together as the fingers of a clenched fist.

At the core of every child is an intact human.

If we are serious about breaking cycles of poverty, we have to change this (economy).

Religion supports and perpetuates the social organization it reflects.

We need those who laugh when we laugh, cry when we cry, and then pass the chips and salsa.

It is beyond my human strength. So, I depend on divine power.

Architecture has its place in the concrete world. This is where it exists. This is where it makes its statement.

I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.

Any idiot, especially one who is prepared to die, who has a gun, can start shooting up people.

Mankind is not a tribe of animals to which we owe compassion. Mankind is a club to which we owe our subscription.

Ron," said Hermione in a dignified voice, "you are the most insensitive wart I have ever had the misfortune to meet.

Life, Steffi has learned, carries on around the pain, making room for it, absorbing it until it becomes part of the daily fabric, wrapping itself around you and lodging itself in your heart.

The point of art is that it always has the necessity to expand because people are inherently expanding.

If you compromise with your own conscience, you will weaken your conscience. Soon your conscience will fail to guide you and you never will have real wealth based on peace of mind.