There's no way that I know of to avoid pain absolutely, but suffering is the interpretation we choose to place on the pain we encounter.

The question arises whether all lawyers are the same. This is like asking whether everything that gets into a sewer is garbage.

I know we're termites. But if all the termites got together, the house would fall down.

Don't agonise, organise.

Everybody's scared for their ass. There aren't too many people ready to die for racism. They'll kill for racism but they won't die for racism.

You've got to rattle your cage door. You've got to let them know that you're in there, and that you want out. Make noise. Cause trouble. You may not win right away, but you'll sure have a lot more fun.

Horizontal hostility may be expressed in sibling rivalry or in competitive dueling which wrecks not only office tranquility or suburban domesticity but also some radical political groups and, it must be sadly said, some women's liberation groups. ... [it is] misdirected anger that rightly should be focused on the external causes of oppression.