There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.
AUDRE LORDEThe more I use my strength in the service of my vision the less I am afraid.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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Our visions begin with our desires.
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
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The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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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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Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
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The oppression of women knows no ethnic nor racial boundaries, true, but that does not mean it is identical within those boundaries.
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The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
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One pays a lot, we all pay a lot, for awareness.
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In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction.
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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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To search for power within myself means I must be willing to move through being afraid to whatever lies beyond.
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Dark-bright fire lit eyes.
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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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The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.
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