Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
AUDRE LORDEOne pays a lot, we all pay a lot, for awareness.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
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The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.
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We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
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You are the one that you are looking for.
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Dark-bright fire lit eyes.
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Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action.
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How hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
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When you reach out and touch other human beings, it doesn’t matter whether you call it therapy or teaching or poetry.
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To that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
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Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually we must do battle where we are standing.
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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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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Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
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The more I use my strength in the service of my vision the less I am afraid.
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Guilt and defensiveness are bricks in a wall against which we all flounder; they serve none of our futures.
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