The greater our commitment, the more likely our love will last.

I think stress is anything going on in our lives that impinges on our capacity to have optimum well being.

If I were really asked to define myself, I wouldn’t start with race; I wouldn’t start with blackness; I wouldn’t start with gender; I wouldn’t start with feminism. I would start with stripping down to what fundamentally informs my life, which is that I’m a seeker on the path. I think of feminism, and I think of anti-racist struggles as part of it. But where I stand spiritually is, steadfastly, on a path about love.

I often find it easier to be teaching or giving to others, and often struggle with the place of my own pleasure and joy.

Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other.

For most people, what is so painful about reading is that you read something and you don't have anybody to share it with. In part what the book club opens up is that people can read a book and then have someone else to talk about it with. Then they see that a book can lead to the pleasure of conversation, that the solitary act of reading can actually be a part of the path to communion and community.

Isolation and loneliness are central causes of depression and despair.