America is America. It's a capitalist system. They [leaders] have enshrined that belief that profit matters more than anything else. The polarization of the society is just the resurfacing of that.

You can love yourself spiritually, physically-in almost any way that anybody else can.

Our mothers and grandmothers ... moving to music not yet written.

Animals were not made for us, or our use. They have their own use, which is just being who they are.

Always with me was the inner twin: my true nature, my true self. It is timeless, free, compassionate and in love with whatever is natural to me

There is no graceful way to carry hatred.

Even as I hold you, I am letting you go.