I don't think of compassion as sympathy but rather as empathy. An understanding of how people are feeling, which often translates into action.

I don't think of compassion as sympathy but rather as empathy. An understanding of how people are feeling, which often translates into action.

It is very important that we look at what we CAN do, rather than what is impossible to do.

Women who have had more opportunity to develop their own strengths and talents, or who are quite satisfied and content in a traditional role, unfortunately don't always understand that many women aren't satisfied or content.

Wisdom is partly innate and partly developed and practised. It's about a lot more than just knowledge: experience, involvement, communication, interaction with people. Wisdom is a way of being.

FIGHT FOR THE EARTH: The earth can't speak for itself, it will just slowly die if we don't fight for it.

I have had the experience common to many women, of needing to define myself and to find my self-esteem as a person, not simply as somebody's wife or mother.