The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations that we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor which is planted deep within each of us.
AUDRE LORDEWe recognize that all knowledge is mediated through the body and that feeling is a profound source of information about our lives.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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We are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it is all about survival and growth.
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There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.
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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.
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Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.
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How hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
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When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.
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Revolution is not a one time event.
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Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
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What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
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Anger is loaded with information and energy.
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What you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering. Anger, not moral authority.
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Construct templates for possible futures, and focus our rage for change upon our enemies rather than upon each other.
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Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.
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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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