Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.

Revolution is not a one time event.

We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.

I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self.

We can learn to work and speak when we are afraid in the same way we have learned to work and speak when we are tired.

The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change.

If this society ascribes roles to Black men which they are not allowed to fulfill, is it Black women who must bend and alter our lives to compensate, or is it society that needs changing?

What gets me about the United States is that it pretends to be honest and therefore has so little room to move toward hope.

Too often, we pour the energy needed for recognizing and exploring difference into pretending those differences are insurmountable barriers, or that they do not exist at all.

No woman is responsible for altering the psyche of her oppressor, even when that psyche is embodied in another woman.

Oppressed peoples are always being asked to stretch a little more, to bridge the gap between blindness and humanity.

Clouds are just nature's stepping stones to the heavens.

Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results.

Uncertainty is the certainity of life!

I've gotten better at not making people feel uncomfortable with my shyness.

I want to make them [American Indians] live forever. It's such a big dream I can't see it all.

Success, however you judge what that even means, brings with it certain pressures.

I'm a bit famous now! It's a bit strange!

Imagine someone pointing to a place in the iris of a Rembrandt eye and saying, 'The walls of my room should be painted this color.

Sunlight is like the breath of life to the pomp of autumn.

I have not tried to tell the people anything. I have shared my views with the people but I have not tried to lead or correct them, assuming they need correction.