The erotic is a resource within each of us that lies in a deeply female and spiritual plane, firmly rooted in the power of our unexpressed or unrecognized feeling. . . .

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.

If your dreams don't scare you, they aren't big enough.

I will pursue my dreams wholeheartedly.

Life is not a competition between you and others. Concentrate on bettering your life instead of trying to be better than others.

A slow hour passed, distracted by intermittent drops of moisture from above, as if the sky were conducting a feasibility study on the implications of rain. Of committing to a course of action.

Yesterday's faults become today's lessons. Today's dreams become tomorrow's reality.

Talent is God-given be humble. Fame is man-given be thankful. Conceit is self-given be careful.

Christianity is not a spectator sport. It's something in which we become totally involved.

Of all the damnable waste of human life that ever was invented, clerking is the worst.

It's not what we don't know that prevents us from succeeding; it's what we know that just ain't so that is our greatest obstacle.

I tried to make it as real for them as possible. The thing about being reality is that reality is not always fun. They did a big piece of growing up that day.