It's not my goal to be a leader or spokesperson, or anything like that.

I want people to see the truth... regardless of who they are... because without information, you cannot make informed decisions as a public.

I prefer a painful truth over any blissful fantasy.

I am Chelsea Manning. I am a female. Given the way that I feel, and have felt since childhood, I want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible.

Sometimes You Have to Pay a Heavy Price to Live in a Free Society

I think we can achieve meaningful change, but only if we demand that the institutions themselves change their behavior.

Even if I didn't have the support that I have, I would still be fighting the same fights, and I would still be the same person that I am today.

There is far more to transitioning in the public eye than money, public relations, and logistics.

I want people to see the truth.

Anxiety, depression, and suicide don't discriminate based on how much money you have - though it might make it easier for you to get help.

I don't think that I'm embracing any kind of leadership for transparency or trans advocacy.

Art is a house that tries to be haunted.

Ask yourself - Where do I want to be one year from today? Personal growth is a choice.

Zen professes itself to be the spirit of Buddhism, but in fact it is the spirit of all religions and philosophies.

My voice and movements are restricted by the things I own.

There is real beauty in my eyes when I lose my mind.

A book is kind of like a river; I simply jump in and start swimming.

San: You all right? Virt: I think i crapped myself a little Sam: Just a little? you've got nerves of steel.

Worship is love on its knees before the beloved; just as mission is love on its feet to serve the beloved

Hero worship has died with heroes, and if someone bows down today, it is to pick up something.

In its wild state, the truth is fluid, slippery, vagrant, scrambled, promiscuous, kaleidoscopic, and beautiful.