In a culture where profit has become the true God, self-sacrifice can seem incomprehensible rather than noble.

The Goddess does not rule the world; She is the world. Manifest in each of us, She can be known internally by every individual, in all her magnificent diversity.

Solidarity is based on the principle that we are willing to put ourselves at risk to protect each other.

The Goddess does not rule the world; She is the world.

To work magic is to weave the unseen forces into form; to soar beyond sight; to explore the uncharted dream realm of the hidden reality.

Earth Mother, you who are called by a thousand names. May all remember we are cells in your body and dance together.

The long sleep of Mother Goddess is ended. May She awaken in each of our hearts - Merry meet, merry part, and blessed be.

Beware of organizations that proclaim their devotion to the light without embracing, bowing to the dark; for when they idealize half the world they must devalue the rest.

Through the Goddess, we can discover our strength, enlighten our minds, own our bodies, and celebrate our emotions.

Energy moves in cycles, circles, spirals, vortexes, whirls, pulsations, waves, and rhythms—rarely if ever in simple straight lines.

Community means strength that joins our strength to do the work that needs to be done. Arms to hold us when we falter. A circle of healing. A circle of friends. Someplace where we can be free.

Because a shadow was a thing that defined itself, and Nettie didn't have to fit anyone else's shape.

My main trick is to work with amazing people. It's a long and twisty journey, and you need people that really are amazing and have this rare gift of honesty and courage and really open up.

I was Europe's last chance.

I'm not a nervous person. I'm not afraid to be on TV. I'm only afraid when I write. When I'm at my desk I feel like most people would feel if they went on TV.

No one ever went broke by saying no too often.

Ive never had any interest at all in being a journalist or writing some sort of historically accurate autobiography.

Well, it's like my movie, 'The Apostle.' Some people in the North don't get that movie. They think that, in the South, if you don't shout, you can't play one of those guys.

In my childhood, America was like a religion. Then, real-life Americans abruptly entered my life - in jeeps - and upset all my dreams.

I sit at the piano for a couple of hours and tinker away until I get something. I am a nocturnal spirit, like an owl.

A best friend is a sister that destiny forgot to give you.