The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
AUDRE LORDEYou are the one that you are looking for.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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We are all in the process of becoming.
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Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
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We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
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When times are hard, do something. If it works, do it some more. If it does not work, do something else. But keep going.
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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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Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.
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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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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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It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.
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One pays a lot, we all pay a lot, for awareness.
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You cannot use someone else’s fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it.
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There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
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Out of my flesh that hungers and my mouth that knows comes the shape I am seeking for reason.
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The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.
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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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