You will never be able to defend your city while shouting.

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.

I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.

Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.

If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest.

Being a leader is making the people you love hate you a little more each day.

There seems to be no hope. But pretending to be hopeful is the only grace we have . . .

I don't dream my dreams, I live my dreams ... I AM AN ENTREPRENEUR.

Now, what I want is, Facts. . . . Facts alone are wanted in life.

Adversity is only sand on your track to prevent you from skidding.

Simply paying attention allows us to build an emotional connection. Lacking attention, empathy hasn't a chance.

One of the worst things you can die with is potential.

In a lot of areas of my life, particularly in my teenage years, I began to think about the world, and to think about the universe as being a part of my conscious everyday life.

I cannot imagine my hometown without forests, and I cannot imagine the earth turned into a desert.

Be glad today. Tomorrow may bring tears. Be brave today. The darkest night will pass.