The more confident one becomes, the less one needs all people to be the same.

People in power need to control others in order to maintain power. One of the ways to do that is to take that which is threatening and demonize it.

If one is desperate for love, I suggest looking at one's friends and family and see if love is all around. If not, get a new set of friends, a new family.

Bigotry and judgment are the height of insecurity.

It is a full time job being honest one moment at a time, remembering to love, to honor, to respect. It is a practice, a discipline, worthy of every moment.

The building of friendship, family, community and love is complicated. We are so isolated in this country, no longer supported by tribes and villages.

I am very sad for men and women trapped in any relationship where there is cruelty, dominance, inequity. I long for the liberation of all people.

I believe people who practice their beliefs in daily life are activists.

I want word of mouth to be our biggest voice.

An activist is one who is actively involved in creating community, whether that is locally in their neighborhood or internationally. It is an admirable quality.

The state and the church seldom approve of anything I do. I don't need their approval. I don't aspire to the heterosexual nuclear family model

I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it.

Memory changes as a person matures.

A piece of benevolence, a shard of good will is sometimes all that is needed to raise a truly loyal army.

I was a huge Mike Tyson fan growing up; his fights were always on in my house.

I've been told by people I respect that flashbacks only work if they have their own narrative, but they can't be part of the present narrative.

You must squeeze every atom of impure air from lungs until they are almost as free of air as a vacuum.

Unsolved problems on the inside of a person stop success more often than problems on the outside of a person.

Our country and state have a special obligation to work toward the stabilization of our own population so as to credibly lead other parts of the world toward population stabilization.

Everyone deserves not just to survive, but to live.