The only life many of the leaders of the anti-family planning movement seem to care about -- indeed obsess about -- is life before birth and after death.

In sum, the struggle for our future is . . . the struggle between those who cling to patterns of domination and those working for a more equitable partnership world.

to change our realities, we also have to change our myths. As history amply demonstrates, myths and realities go hand in hand.

When the status and power of women is greater so also is the nation’s general quality of life; when they are lower, so is the quality of life for all.

For new ideas to be translated into new realities requires not only clarity of vision but also the opportunity to change old realities.

We are rapidly moving into the post-industrial age, when we must redefine what is "productive" work, as more and more jobs are being replaced by automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence.

The link between intimate violence in the home and the international violence of terrorism and war is as tightly bound together as the fingers of a clenched fist.

At the core of every child is an intact human.

If we are serious about breaking cycles of poverty, we have to change this (economy).

Religion supports and perpetuates the social organization it reflects.

...gender relationships, which are tough for people to deal with, are key to whether a society orients to domination or partnership in all its relations.

So many mothers are unable to let their children go into the adult life and become literally attached to them giving rise to codependency

It's better to go out with a bang and a press release than with a whimper and a secret.

Criticism can be effective when there is something that must be destroyed or dissolved, but it is capable only of harm when there is something to be built.

Negroid traits, dark skin, flat, thick nose.

I try not to be judgmental. I meditate twice a day. I get some sort of physical exercise. I infuse my life with love. I love what I do, the job.

All good thoughts and ideas mean nothing without action

I feel like everyone wants to make a movie that they feel passionate about watching.

The unbeliever imagines that religion pretends to offer answers, while the believer knows that the only promise it makes is to multiply questions.

Every challenge is nothing more than a chance to make things better.

It was a pleasure, Enna, Finn, tree rat." "Did she just call you tree rat?