The good news may be that Nature is phasing out the white man, but the bad news is that's who She thinks we all are.

If a person is hit hard enough, even if she stands, she falls.

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

I have never felt that the one thing that I am 'known for' is what I am.

To acknowledge our ancestors means we are aware that we did not make ourselves, that the line stretches all the way back, perhaps to God; or to Gods. We remember them because it is an easy thing to forget: that we are not the first to suffer, rebel, fight, love and die. The grace with which we embrace life, in spite of the pain, the sorrow, is always a measure of what has gone before.

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

My big complaint with myself is that I get tired. But, I forgive myself because it's human to get tired. But, I didn't always feel like I could forgive myself. There's a certain [drive], I think. But, now I feel like, "OK, you can be tired. People should let you be tired. Then you should go and take a nap, and you should sleep." That's about it.