Pastoral Resources

I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't.

In discussions around the hiring and firing of Black faculty at universities, the charge is frequently heard that Black women are more easily hired than are Black men.

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

We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other.

When we create out of our experiences, as feminists of color, women of color, we have to develop those structures that will present and circulate our culture.

Unlike most other children, - especially unlike those of today - who are eager to become men and women as speedily as possible, I had a terror of growing up, which became more and more accentuated as I grew older.

I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women.

Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.

I surrounded myself with women when I was growing up because I had this horrible psycho father. Now I'm trying to really appreciate and like men more.

I'll always prefer to play with women and hang out with women, and I'll always be a feminist.

I'll always prefer to play with women and hang out with women, and I'll always be a feminist. But let me tell you something. Gloria Steinem never helped me out; Larry Flynt did.

Evolution is a tightly coupled dance, with life and the material environment as partners. From the dance emerges the entity Gaia.

Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in better shape for their progeny to survive.

Badges mean nothing in themselves, but they mark a certain achievement and they are a link between the rich and the poor. For when one girl sees a badge on a sister Scout's arm, if that girl has won the same badge, it at once awakens an interest and sympathy between them.

Directors are not worried about casting beautiful women, but they are not sure that they want to cast great-looking men. My looks have prevented people from seeing my work.

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

On one issue at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women.

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.

True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is not memory but judgment.

What's wrong is that we are not participating to make this the type of government it needs to be.