The art of being helpful is behaving as if everything we do matters - because we never know which things might.

Don't think about making women fit the world -- think about making the world fit women."

No, I'll take responsibility for my own life, I am going to make a decision. And you know, to this day, I would raise flags on all public buildings to celebrate the chance I had to make that decision.

Worry less about solutions from the top or the idea that there is a solution, but try to do whatever you can and instill in each action the values that you want to result.

God knows (She knows) that women try.

Obviously, untangling sex from aggression and violence or the threat of it is going to take a very long time. And the process is going to be greatly resisted as a challenge to the very heart of male dominance and male centrality.

Once we give up searching for approval we often find it easier to earn respect.