Why don't we bring everyone up to be caring and compassionate, to believe that we are connected with everyone and everything around us?

I have been a depressed person most of m life. I was always in the throes of self-hatred.

One of the most radical things women can do is to love their body.

Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming back.

When we give in the world what we want the most, we heal the broken part inside each of us.

When you rape, beat, maim, mutilate, burn, bury, and terrorize women, you destroy the essential life energy on the planet.

Give voice to what you know to be true, and do not be afraid of being disliked or exiled. I think that's the hard work of standing up for what you see.

I think so much of neoliberalism and capitalism has caused people to live in a state of greed, fear and consumption that is covering up so much of what we really want.

If you are divided from your body, then you are divided from the body of the world.

You have to give to the world the thing that you want the most, in order to fix the broken parts inside you.

I don't get tired, because every time a woman doesn't die or doesn't get beaten or doesn't get raped or doesn't get honor-killed or doesn't get acid-burned, it's a huge victory.

Whatever you want to be in life, you're training for it right now.

In a society that worships love, freedom and beauty, dance is sacred, It is a paryer for the future, a remembrance of the past and a joyful exclamation of thanks for the present.

A society that respects women needs to elect leaders who care more about women's lives than they do about their or their company's bottom line.

You never know how a good quest is going to end.

Real Buddhism is about meditation.

Time is passing...yet for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th.

Accept life, and you must accept regret.

You're so consumed with how much you get, you waste your time with hate and regret.

The fact that I spend a lot of time in the 18th century doesn't mean I'm not concerned with the 21st.

Brighten someone's by adding a spoon full of kindness.