It is axiomatic that if we do not define ourselves for ourselves, we will be defined by others-for their use and to our detriment.

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.

I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.

Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.

If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest.

Since love grows within you so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.

The seminaries must be like the churches' poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity.

The ancients tell us what is best; but we must learn of the moderns what is fittest.

Some people are afraid to dress in ways that they actually like because it might be different than what most people expect or how others dress.

A strong marriage requires loving your spouse even in those moments when they aren't being lovable; it means believing in them even when they struggle to believe in themselves.

Gymnastics is definitely my job, but the great thing about that is I love my job.

Feedback is the breakfast of champions.

Human beings, in their natural state, are unpredictable, erratic, and unhappy. It is only once their animal instincts are controlled that they can be responsible, dependable, and content.

The California constitution provides that our judges are elected, not appointed. They are serving at the pleasure of the people and they are accountable to the people.

Every age has its temptations, its weaknesses, its dangers. Ours is in the line of the snobbish and the sordid.