I spent years crying in my diary. But I finally stopped finding fault with myself. We're all different, yet the same.

People in power need to control others in order to maintain power. One of the ways to do that is to take that which is threatening and demonize it.

If one is desperate for love, I suggest looking at one's friends and family and see if love is all around. If not, get a new set of friends, a new family.

Bigotry and judgment are the height of insecurity.

It is a full time job being honest one moment at a time, remembering to love, to honor, to respect. It is a practice, a discipline, worthy of every moment.

The building of friendship, family, community and love is complicated. We are so isolated in this country, no longer supported by tribes and villages.

I am very sad for men and women trapped in any relationship where there is cruelty, dominance, inequity. I long for the liberation of all people.

I believe people who practice their beliefs in daily life are activists.

I want word of mouth to be our biggest voice.

An activist is one who is actively involved in creating community, whether that is locally in their neighborhood or internationally. It is an admirable quality.

The state and the church seldom approve of anything I do. I don't need their approval. I don't aspire to the heterosexual nuclear family model

If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.

IF you can fly above the CLOUD of politics, the storm is not for you.

Jesus Christ, a Nazarene, lived in Nazareth.

But still, no matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away.

An example is the best inspiration for a young mind.

... shunning all offers of help, all offers of the more practical... This was his task, he said, and it would be carried out alone. Penance, my brother reminded me, was a lonely place to be.

I never thought that you would be the one to hold my heart

I can deal with all the pangs of having to find money in 20 different places because you don't really reap the whirlwind with this cutting-edge music.

When I write, the first blank page, or any blank page, means nothing to me. What means something is a page that has been filled with words.

I felt it very moving to feel his touch, and to remember that hands can also show love.