What we have been raised to think of as inevitable - division and hierarchy, monotheism and nation states - actually accounts for less than 10 percent of human history.

She is a water bug on the surface of life.

Men tend to gain wholeness by acquiring the qualities that are wrongly called feminine.

Most women's magazines simply try to mold women into bigger and better consumers.

If you have two groups of people and you say one is inferior to the other, which is a lie, then the only way to maintain the lie is through violence or the threat of violence.

The most impersonal seeming audiences eventually just say such intimate, smart, wise, amazing, totally surprising, funny things. It's empowering, in the sense of feeling like you're a part of something really important.

So whatever you want to do, just do it... Making a damn fool of yourself is absolutely essential.