“It really moved the dial politically. That’s what is needed in the women’s movement – a strategy that can drive awareness and culture change.”

Everyday people and everyday acts of courage eventually change everything.

It’s precisely the people who are considered the least ‘likely’ leaders who end up inspiring others the most.

Movements of people create change – not just any one person or organization, but when lots of people are in motion around a shared vision.

Living longer is about loving longer, learning longer, teaching longer, connecting longer.

One thing I’ve learned, in the face of all kinds of indignities, domestic workers take so much pride in their work and love the children they care for.

We [women] are the majority of the population, majority of the electorate, majority of the workforce… and yet we’re still doing majority of family unpaid or low paid labor.

When I think about the LGBT movement for example, they have had a really intentional strategy to try to change images and representation of LGBT people in the media and the culture.

So many things that are fundamental to a healthy democracy, are under attack. So I think, in general we’ve got a lot of work to do.

And valuing that which has been taken for granted is something that I’ve always instinctually known is the key to the kind of society I want to live in and raise my children in.

And we live longer. Our stuff is not “special interest” stuff. Our stuff is the stuff of the future, of the whole.

If we figure out the supports and infrastructure to make all of that possible – and it is completely within reach.

I’ve always believed it’s important to make the invisible visible.

Domestic employees are at the whim of their employers.

An economy that we need that works for everyone. Where everyone works, everyone counts and everyone contributes.

Everything that we believe in and count on is really in question right now. Our safety net, public education, housing, health care.

I think this is a moment of a lot of possibilities, and openings. Occupy and the 99% movement are really going to break through, and we are going to create a new economy.

Yoga aims for complete awareness in everything you do.

The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they’re attached to appearances, they’re unaware that their minds are empty. And by mistakenly clinging to the appearance of things they lose the Way.

To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.

There is no such thing as talent, only awareness.

If people in their 20s had more death awareness, would that in fact temper their ambition or drive?

Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you’ll always find despair.

What is new is not bisexuality, but rather the widening of our awareness and acceptance of human capacities for sexual love.

Some sort of greater awareness of their own finiteness and what their time on earth really is, and what they really want to do with their lives, could help improve them.