We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
AUDRE LORDEI am a Black, Lesbian, Feminist, Warrior, Poet, Mother – stronger for all my identities, and I am indivisible.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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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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Women are powerful and dangerous.
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Anger is loaded with information and energy.
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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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For each of us as women, there is a dark place within, where hidden and growing our true spirit rises, beautiful and tough as chestnut stanchions against our nightmare of weakness.
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Revolution is not a one time event.
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Hopefully, we can learn from the 60s that we cannot afford to do our enemies work by destroying each other.
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I wish to raise a Black man who will not be destroyed by, nor settle for, those corruptions called power by the white fathers who mean his destruction as surely as they mean mine.
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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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Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.
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Oppression is as American as apple pie.
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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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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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