We must not confuse the present with the past. With regard to the past, no further action is possible.

The point is not for women simply to take power out of men’s hands, since that wouldn’t change anything about the world. It’s a question precisely of destroying that notion of power.

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.

All oppression creates a state of war.

To be free is not to have the power to do anything you like; it is to be able to surpass the given toward an open future.

When women act like women, they are accused of being inferior. When women act like human beings, they are accused of behaving like men.

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.

When I was a child, when I was an adolescent, books saved me from despair: that convinced me that culture was the highest of values[...].

Fate is what shows up and destiny is what you choose to do with it.

Keep climbing

My life has been that of someone who has moved from the countryside to the society. To make that transition, I have had to learn a lot.

Leadership is the cigarette that's smoked once the change has been consummated.

Look for God. Look for God like a man with his head on fire looks for water.

I'd forgotten what it was like to play music and have it be fun so I decided to stop. I wasn't even sure if I was going to make a new record, I was just kinda quitting.

People often ask me what happened to my first husband? And I say, I killed him.

I studied English literature; I took 2 independent religion classes, but I wasn't a religion major really.

The development of a love of medium and a responsibility for one's own pictures is an overall goal.

I am a tropical black man.