I think we have a tendency in America to keep dividing ourselves, separating ourselves from each other.

I have been a depressed person most of m life. I was always in the throes of self-hatred.

One of the most radical things women can do is to love their body.

Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming back.

When we give in the world what we want the most, we heal the broken part inside each of us.

When you rape, beat, maim, mutilate, burn, bury, and terrorize women, you destroy the essential life energy on the planet.

Give voice to what you know to be true, and do not be afraid of being disliked or exiled. I think that's the hard work of standing up for what you see.

I think so much of neoliberalism and capitalism has caused people to live in a state of greed, fear and consumption that is covering up so much of what we really want.

If you are divided from your body, then you are divided from the body of the world.

You have to give to the world the thing that you want the most, in order to fix the broken parts inside you.

I don't get tired, because every time a woman doesn't die or doesn't get beaten or doesn't get raped or doesn't get honor-killed or doesn't get acid-burned, it's a huge victory.

Lately I find myself staring at people’s faces... I find myself frantically searching through the crowds for one face. I don’t find that face

You have to do what you love to do not get stuck in that comfort zone of a regular job. Life is not a dress rehearsal. This is it.

I felt like I played in a very rough football game with no hitting above the waist.

Remember what I've told you. Remember me.

It is part of my faith as a Muslim to try to help those who are suffering from poverty or economic or political injustice.

A perfect parent is a person with excellent child-rearing theories and no actual children.

There is no greater stupidity or meanness than to take uniformity for an ideal.

Everybody is a hero in their own story if you just look.

Support charters; insist on change for failing schools.

Next up [new TV stars] was [Dean] Martin and [Jerry] Lewis on 'The Colgate Comedy Hour.'