Some words live in my throat breeding like adders. Others know sun seeking like gypsies over my tongue to explode through my lips

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.

The most savage of human kind are the most advanced

Some books sold because they are (said to be) great. Some are (said to be) great because they sold.

I am a forward-looking person and live in the moment to build for the future.

We use only 10% of our brains... Imagine how smart we would be if we used the other 60%!

We are very much social creatures who model ourselves on one another.

Build your architecture from what is beneath your feet.

Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience.

I think it's an enormous blessing to be the child of an immigrant who fled oppression, because you realize how fragile liberty is and how easily it can be taken away.

If I’ve already thought through a situation and have a response prepared ahead of time in the event temptation rears its ugly head, it is that much easier to resist.

You should invest in a business that even a fool can run, because someday a fool will.