The women's movement will present a growing threat to patriarchal religion less by attacking it than by simply leaving it behind.

Our great symbol for the Goddess is the moon, whose three aspects reflect the three stages in women's lives and whose cycles of waxing and waning coincide with women's menstrual cycles.

In Old Europe and Ancient Crete, women were respected for their roles in the discovery of agriculture and for inventing the arts of weaving and pottery making.

If we do not mean that God is male when we use masculine pronouns and imagery, then why should there be any objections to using female imagery and pronouns as well?

The simplest and most basic meaning of the symbol of the Goddess is the acknowledgment of the legitimacy of female power as a beneficent and independent power.

Watching birds has become part of my daily meditation affirming my connection to the earth body.

The Goddess of Old Europe and Ancient Crete represented the unity of life in nature, delight in the diversity of form, the powers of birth, death and regeneration.

I first became interested in women and religion when I was one of the few women doing graduate work in Religious Studies at Yale University in the late 1960's.

Why does everyone cling to the masculine imagery and pronouns even though they are a mere linguistic device that has never meant that God is male?

At first the ancient images of the Goddess did not interest me.

Because religion has such a compelling hold on the deep psyches of so many people, feminists cannot afford to leave it in the hands of the fathers.

I was of course discussing the book of Leviticus. I don't know why your mind is so filthy these days, Bingley.

seriously. “Just because you can’t experience everything doesn’t mean you shouldn’t experience anything.-Nicola Yoon, Everything, Everything

We live only a few conscious decades, and we fret ourselves enough for several lifetimes.

It becomes an extension of your imagination to make something tangible and concrete.

Raising the standard of the work, not complaining about somebody not voting.

The artist is not a man who describes, but a man who feels.

We have Democrats saying dumb things every single day, and Republicans as well.

I don't know a lot about politics but I have great trust in him as leader.

Right now I own shares of companies in 28 countries.

The trick is, to treat your days as if each one may be your last.