Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually we must do battle where we are standing.

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.

Mingle often with good people to keep your soul nourished.

The Universe knows what it's doing. So don't develop a big ego, and don't be afraid.

I want to be sure I can deliver what people expect to hear. I just don't know if I can physically do it. Or if I should.

Very few among us are noble, or even mature, in all parts of our nature at the same time.

It's worth paying attention to the roles that are sort of dictated to us and that we don't have to fit into those roles. We can be anybody we wanna be.

I can't imagine a sweeter agony, having him so close.

Always do what you like, do what you want, and try your best to be happy.

A candidate is a person who gets money from the rich and votes from the poor to protect them from each other.

Five out of four people have trouble with fractions.

Allow not nature more than nature needs.