We have been very conditioned by the cultures that we come from and are usually very identified with the particular gender that we happen to be a member of.

To campaign against colonialism is like barking up a tree that has already been cut down.

Stillness is training for action.

When you meditate you discover over and over again that you are not a prisoner of your mind.

The excitement that you were feeling about a special, unique path for yourself as a woman is all part of your identification with and attachment to being female. And that's ultimately all ego.

In my experience, men are not necessarily less sensitive or compassionate than women are, and women are not necessarily any less aggressive or competitive than men are - as a matter of fact, often they are more so!

I'm suspicious of any man or woman who approaches their own liberation with any kind of gender bias