Life is not what you alone make it. Life is the input of everyone who touched your life and every experience that entered it. We are all part of one another.

— Yuri Kochiyama

New concepts should be introduced by the power of imagery.

— Douglas Coop

Oh external worshiper, know that worship without heart is motions. Oh, seeker of knowledge, know that knowledge without purification is a dangerous weapon of the ego. Oh activist, know that work without orientation of heart is fruitless. Oh lover, know that love without God is pain.

— Yasmin Mogahed

Only until all human beings begin to recognize themselves as human beings will prejudice be gone forever. People ask me what race I am, but there is no such thing as race. I just answer: "I’m a member of the human race.

— Amelia Boynton Robinson

Our wishes become real and solid if we work on their formation. If it matters to you, make energy become matter.

— Patricia Robin Woodruff

Our work is not about transcending this world to get to a better place; our work is to be fully present here; to heal ourselves, and our planet in the spirit of service and compassion.

— Eileen Anglin

Real women fight for something, other than their own emotions.

— Shannon L. Alder

Sometimes, people call my way of speaking ranting. Why are you always ranting and screaming, they ask. But here’s the thing…the reason why I rant is that I am a voice for many women that cannot speak out to heads of state, UN officials, and those that influence systems of oppression. And so I rant. And I will not stop ranting until my mission of equality of all girls is achieved.

— Leymah Gbowee

Stay awake. Spread awareness. Take action.

— Eileen Anglin

Strength of character comes from being hit by stray verbal stones, while protecting discarded ciphers in the snow.

— Shannon L. Alder