I think I'm led by spirit. I think I'm led by a sense of what is right and what feels good to me - what I accept, what is joyful, what is positive. I see my mission, in a way, as carrying that forward - not so much by preaching, but by embodiment.

But if by some miracle and all our struggle, the earth is spared, only justice to every living being will save humankind.

Curiosity is my natural state and has led me headlong into every worthwhile experience (never mind the others) I have ever had.

It is natural to want to have a future.

The trouble with our people is as soon as they got out of slavery they didn't want to give the white man nothing else. But the fact is, you got to give em something. Either your money, your land, your woman or your ass.

Dear God...I have always been a good girl. Maybe you can give me a sign letting me know what is happening to me.

When people become elders - when they're older; they can be old without being an elder, really. They [can] just be old and not very useful.