"

While we wait in silence for that final luxury of fearlessness the weight of that silence will choke us.

"

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.

"

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.

"

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 bru...more

"

When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid.

"

I became more courageous by doing the very things I needed to be courageous for-first a little and badly. Then bit by bit more and better. Being a...more

"

. . . [O]nce we begin to feel deeply all the aspects of our lives, we begin to demand from ourselves and from our life-pursuits that they feel in acco...more

"

But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.

"

We can sit in our corners mute forever while our sisters and our selves are distorted and destroyed, while our earth is poisoned; we can sit in our sa...more

"

Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our...more

"

For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will never enable ...more

"

Love is a word, another kind of open.As the diamond comesinto a knot of flameI am Blackbecause I come from the earth's insidetake my word for jewelin ...more

"

and when we speak we are afraidour words will not be heardnor welcomedbut when we are silentwe are still afraidSo it is better to speakrememberingwe w...more