“ We have it in our power to begin the world over again. ”

“ “Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action. ”

“ The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living. ”

“ In a time of destruction, create something. ”

“ Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. ”

“ As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world. ”

“ I don't believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so vertical. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It respects the other person. I have a lot to learn from other people. ”

“ Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth. ”

“ Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in ”

“ Power is not brute force and money; power is in your spirit. Power is in your soul. It is what your ancestors, your old people gave you. Power is in the earth; it is in your relationship to the earth. ”

“ 'Nihil humanum a me alienum puto,’ said the Roman poet Terence: ‘Nothing human is alien to me.’ The slogan of the old Immigration and Naturalization Service could have been the reverse: To us, no aliens are human. ”

“ 'Nihil humanum a me alienum puto,’ said the Roman poet Terence: ‘Nothing human is alien to me.’ The slogan of the old Immigration and Naturalization Service could have been the reverse: To us, no aliens are human. ”

“ 'Nihil humanum a me alienum puto,’ said the Roman poet Terence: ‘Nothing human is alien to me.’ The slogan of the old Immigration and Naturalization Service could have been the reverse: To us, no aliens are human. ”

“ 'Nihil humanum a me alienum puto,’ said the Roman poet Terence: ‘Nothing human is alien to me.’ The slogan of the old Immigration and Naturalization Service could have been the reverse: To us, no aliens are human. ”

“ 'Nihil humanum a me alienum puto,’ said the Roman poet Terence: ‘Nothing human is alien to me.’ The slogan of the old Immigration and Naturalization Service could have been the reverse: To us, no aliens are human. ”

“ 'Nihil humanum a me alienum puto,’ said the Roman poet Terence: ‘Nothing human is alien to me.’ The slogan of the old Immigration and Naturalization Service could have been the reverse: To us, no aliens are human. ”

“ 'Nihil humanum a me alienum puto,’ said the Roman poet Terence: ‘Nothing human is alien to me.’ The slogan of the old Immigration and Naturalization Service could have been the reverse: To us, no aliens are human. ”

“ 'Nihil humanum a me alienum puto,’ said the Roman poet Terence: ‘Nothing human is alien to me.’ The slogan of the old Immigration and Naturalization Service could have been the reverse: To us, no aliens are human. ”

“ 'Nihil humanum a me alienum puto,’ said the Roman poet Terence: ‘Nothing human is alien to me.’ The slogan of the old Immigration and Naturalization Service could have been the reverse: To us, no aliens are human. ”

“ 'Nihil humanum a me alienum puto,’ said the Roman poet Terence: ‘Nothing human is alien to me.’ The slogan of the old Immigration and Naturalization Service could have been the reverse: To us, no aliens are human. ”

“ 'Nihil humanum a me alienum puto,’ said the Roman poet Terence: ‘Nothing human is alien to me.’ The slogan of the old Immigration and Naturalization Service could have been the reverse: To us, no aliens are human. ”

“ 'Nihil humanum a me alienum puto,’ said the Roman poet Terence: ‘Nothing human is alien to me.’ The slogan of the old Immigration and Naturalization Service could have been the reverse: To us, no aliens are human. ”

“ 'Nihil humanum a me alienum puto,’ said the Roman poet Terence: ‘Nothing human is alien to me.’ The slogan of the old Immigration and Naturalization Service could have been the reverse: To us, no aliens are human. ”

“ Living everyday in the presence of those who refuse to acknowledge your humanity takes great courage. ”

“ Recognize yourself in he and she who are not like you and me. ”

“ Make up a story... For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief's wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear's caul. ”

“ In a brutal country like ours, where human life is ‘cheap’, it's stupid to destroy yourself for the sake of your beliefs. Beliefs? High ideas? Only people in rich countries can enjoy such luxuries. ”

“ What has happened to us in this country? If we study our own history, we find that we have always been ready to receive the unfortunate from other countries, and though this may seem a generous gesture on our part, we have profited a thousand fold by what they have brought us. ”

“ There’s a secret war on women going on in the world. Secret even to us. Secret even though we know it. ”

“ It is a cultural trait in America to think in terms of very short time periods. My advice is: learn history. Take responsibility for history. Recognize that sometimes things take a long time to change. If you look at your history in this country, you find that for most rights, people had to struggle. People in this era forget that and quite often think they are entitled, and are weary of struggling over any period of time. ”

“ Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. I use the word "love" here not merely in the personal sense but as a state of being, or a state of grace - not in the infantile American sense of being made happy but in the tough and universal sense of quest and daring and growth. ”

“ The images of peace are ephemeral. The language of peace is subtle. The reasons for peace, the definitions of peace, the very idea of peace have to be invented, and invented again ”

“ Exile is more than a geographical concept. You can be an exile in your homeland, in your own house, in a room. ”

“ But it makes an immigrant laugh to hear the fears of the nationalist, scared of infection, penetration, miscegenation, when this is small fry, peanuts, compared to what the immigrant fears—dissolution, disappearance. ”

“ Compassion is a verb. ”

“ Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating. ”

“ Americans on the average do not trust intellectuals, but they are cowed by power and stunned by celebrity. ”

“ In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate. ”

“ Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. ”

“ Anger, when it's used to act, when used nonviolently, has power. ”