What's so amazing about this historical moment is that it is bringing class to the fore and we have to think about the nature of work and hierarchy.

If I do not speak in a language that can be understood there is little chance for a dialogue.

When I began to think deeply about the metaphysics of love I talked with everyone around me about it. I talked to large audiences and even had wee one-on-one conversations with children about the way they think about love. I talked about love in every state, everywhere I traveled.

Young people are cynical about love. Ultimately, cynicism is the great mask of the disappointed and betrayed heart.

Whether we learn how to love ourselves and others will depend on the presence of a loving environment. Self-love cannot flourish in isolation.

The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves. If an individual is not successful in emotionally crippling himself, he can count on patriarchal men to enact rituals of power that will assault his self-esteem.

In a culture of domination, preoccupation with victimage is inevitable.