In the late '60s, people were saying we need power to, not power over. Power to do, accomplish, create, not power over other people.

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.

God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there's no turning back.

We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.

Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.

Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren't, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.

Each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms.

No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play, if his work depends in any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home, or in the office.

The purpose of feminism is to free the uniqueness of the individual and to understand that inside each of us is a unique human being who is a combination of heredity and environment.

Superwoman is the adversary of the women's movement.

A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.

Joyful peace pervades my being for all time.

We always talk about our feelings, neglecting the important matters that have to be look over.

Righteous is the one who was able to demonstrate compassion in face of human suffering.

Leeches should be kept a day before applying them. They should be squeezed to make them eject the contents of their stomachs.

The experience of bliss can be the purest one of all and therefore the closest to God.

The so called white races are really pinko-grey.

The older you get the more you try to appreciate what you've accomplished.

The first step to dealing with a problem is admitting that you have a problem.

Don't be afraid to say what you don't know, and speak for what you do know. Say, "I can't speak for all Latinas, but I can speak for me and tell you very, very honestly."

Art is the funnel, as it were, through which spirit is poured into life.