I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.
AUDRE LORDEGuilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the people I love, and doing as much as I can of the work I still have to do.
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I am bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.
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Divide and conquer must become define and empower.
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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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I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.
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Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
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We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
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The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.
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I am still learning – how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my selves in the service of what I believe, how to accept when I fail and rejoice when I succeed.
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Revolution is not a one time event.
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I have died too many deaths that were not mine.
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Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
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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.
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When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
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What woman here is so enamored of her own oppression that she cannot see her heel print upon another woman’s face?
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