Human compassion is equal to human cruelty, and it is up to each of us to tip the balance.

To know is to exist; to exist is to be involved, to move about, to see the world with my own eyes.

Well, sometime Mr —— git on me pretty hard. I have to talk to Old Maker. But he my husband. I shrug my shoulders. This life soon be over, I say. Heaven last all ways. You ought to bash Mr —— head open, she say. Think bout heaven later.

Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they've had forever. And they've been overrun by organized religion, which has had a lot of money and power.

Not only will your teachers appear, but they will cook new foods for you.

Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.