Philosophical Sayings

Experience is everything. Somebody who has experienced something is more expert at it than the experts.

Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren't, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.

The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn. We are filled with popular wisdom of several centuries just past, and we are terrified to give it up.

We tend to forget that every revolution or social change is like a tree — it grows from the bottom up, not the top down. However small it may seem to begin, that does not matter because it will grow.

When the past dies, there is mourning, but when the future dies our imaginations are compelled to carry it on.

Laughter is the only free emotion—the only one that can't be compelled. We can be made to fear. We can even be made to believe we're in love because, if we're kept dependent and isolated for long enough, we bond in order to survive. But laughter expl…

Dying seems less sad than having lived too little.

I myself cried when I got angry, then became unable to explain why I was angry in the first place. Later I would discover this was endemic among female human beings. Anger is supposed to be 'unfeminine' so we suppress it - until it overflows. I could…

When humans are ranked instead of linked, everyone loses.

A lot of my generation are living out the un-lived lives of our mothers.

Also, one of the simplest paths to deep change is for the less powerful to speak as much as they listen, and for the more powerful to listen as much as they speak.

If you find yourself drawn to an event against all logic, go. The universe is telling you something.

It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate.

Hope is a form of planning.

The old image of one person with a torch is part of the problem, not the solution. We each need a torch if we are to see where we're going. And together, we create so much more light.

Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer.

You are the leader you've been waiting for.

Perhaps the most revolutionary act for a woman will be a self-willed journey—and to be welcomed when she comes home.

I began to understand with a terrible sureness that we teach what we need to learn and write what we need to know.

Democracy is just something you must do every day, like brushing your teeth.