There are those who say that poets should use her and his art to change the world. I'd agree with that, but I think everybody should do that. I think the chef and the baker and the candlestick maker - I think everybody should be hoping to make it a better world.

I believe what I have to say is important, and I believe the people coming to hear me are important, and so the occasion of itself alone has an importance, which forces me to stare down my nerves.

If you have a person enslaved, the first thing you must do is to convince yourself that the person is subhuman. And won't mind the enslavement. The second thing you must do is convince your allies that the person is subhuman so that you have some support. But the third and the unkindest cut of all is to convince that person that he, she, is not quite a first class citizen.

Lord keep Your arm around my shoulder and Your hand over my mouth.

Forgive yourself - no one else will.

Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.

We need Joy as we need air. We need Love as we need water. We need each other as we need the earth we share.