Occupation: Author Birth: September 25, 1952
Knowing love or the hope of knowing love is the anchor that keeps us from falling into that sea of despair..
I would also say that, in practice, many more Americans are anarchists than would ever use that term..
When men and women punish each other for truth telling, we reinforce the notion that lies are better..
Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books..
None of us, irrespective of our sexual preference and/or practice, imagine that we can have an intimate relationship with a partner and always have s….
In our culture privacy is often confused with secrecy. Open, honest, truth-telling individuals value privacy. We all need spaces where we can be alon….
Even the most subjected person has moments of rage and resentment so intense that they respond, they act against. There is an inner uprising that lea….
None of us should be ashamed to speak of our class power or lack of it. Overcoming fear, even the fear of being immodest, and acting courageously to ….
Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of the world as an important part of the path to wisdom, to….
I think inequality is in our minds. I think this is what we learn through practice... The bridge of illusion must be shattered in order for a real br….
The wounded child inside many females is a girl who was taught from early childhood on that she must become something other than herself, deny her tr….
..Acts of appropriation are part of the process by which we make ourselves. Appropriating - taking something for one’s own use - need not be synonymo….
Feminism as a political movement has to specifically address the needs of men in their struggle to revolutionize their consciousness..
A very hurting thing for Black Americans - to feel that we can't love our enemies. People forget what a great tradition we have as African-Americans ….
If Black women stand strong and our commitment is to ending domination I know that I'm supporting Black males, Black children male and female Black e….
The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control..
If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice, have recognition for difference without attaching difference to privilege..
If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice..
When women and men understand that working to eradicate patriarchal domination is a struggle rooted in the longing to make a world where everyone can….
The struggle to end sexist oppression that focuses on destroying the cultural basis for such domination strengthens other liberation struggles. Indiv….
To teach in a manner that respects and cares for the souls of our students is essential if we are to provide the necessary conditions where learning ….