The mistakes and unresolved difficulties of the past in mathematics have always been the opportunities of its future.

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

When we choose to love, we choose to move against fear, against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect, to find ourselves in the other.

The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking.

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom, to act in ways that liberate ourselves and others.

The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.

[O]ne of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone.

I have the best roommates in the world! It creates a fun sense of family... and that's really important to me. Things can get so lonely without it.

The practice of love is the most powerful antidote to the politics of domination.

As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.

Ik kwam er achter dat ik er mijn hele leven heus niet naar had verlang om te leven - als wat anderen doen tenminste leven genoemd kan worden - maar wel om mezelf te kunnen uitdrukken.

Even ripples have a rhythmTo feel it, listen to their soundTap your feet as they directAnd joy shall abound…

One thing I’ve learnt about humans: you can’t judge their strength by the size of their actions, but by the devotion of an act, no matter how small.

I hate him for what he's done, but I still love him for the man he was.

Losing someone is like when the sun comes through a window, moving across the room with each hour, until night falls and all you can do is try to remember the soothing shapes it made.

Always just remember that you can never know all you're always going to be learning there's always going to be something new. I don't think you'll ever have it all figured out.

I became fascinated by the fact that people write to give away rather than write to be read. It's the difference between playwrights and novelists.

autumn days have a holiness that spring lacks ... They are like old serene saints for whom death has lost its terror.

Let's get this started, people. It won't be long before we all lose our minds.

I've been dreaming of mirrors. Millions of mirrors, reflecting people to death.