There is no 'the truth,' 'a truth'--truth is not one thing, or even a system. It is an increasing complexity.

The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.

Change is not a threat to your life, but an invitation to live.

There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep and still be counted as warriors.

My heart is moved by all I cannot save: so much has been destroyed I have to cast my lot with those who age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary power, reconstitute the world.

We must use what we have to invent what we desire.

Courage is not defined by those who fought and did not fall, but by those who fought, fell and rose again.

The beauty of darkness is how it lets you see.

If you are trying to transform a brutalized society into one where people can live in dignity and hope, you begin with the empowering of the most powerless. You build from the ground up.

Until we know the assumptions in which we are drenched, we cannot know ourselves.

Language is power... Language can be used as a means of changing reality.

How can you tell whether the ego is there or not? You will know when someone insults you. If someone insults you, swallow (accept) it with understanding.

I had no musical or athletic ability, and I wasnt particularly good looking. Comedy was something I could do for attention.

Great souls endure in silence.

I am very suspicious of people.

I would rather do many small roles on TV, stage or film than one blockbuster that made me rich but had no acting.

One day our grandchildren will go to museums to see what poverty was like.

Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of marriage makes her something like a public building.

I can get into politics. I'm a pretty straight guy for this business. I have a pretty healthy outlook.

The Crafts which require the most Time intraining or most Ingenuityand Industry must necessarily be the best paid.

I like to be around people who are very passionate. People that won't fight but that will be very over-protective and outspoken about their opinion, their point of view, their ideas.