Women's work is always toward wholeness.
My mother was a dominant force in our family. And that was great for me as a young woman, because I never saw that women had to be dominated by men.
Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.
We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things. That is what we are put on the earth for.
Every single day we sit down to eat, breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and at our table we have food that was planted, picked, or harvested by a farm worker. Why is it that the people who do the most sacred work in our nation are the most oppressed, the most exploited?
We as women should shine light on our accomplishments and not feel egotistical when we do. It's a way to let the world know that we as women can accomplish great things!
We can't let people drive wedges between us. . . because there's only one human race.
During the long drag of years before our youngest child went to school, my love for my family and my need to write were in acute conflict. The problem was really that I put two things first. My husband and children came first. So did my writing. Bump.
[God says] Discipleship is not limited to what you can comprehend - it must transcend all comprehension. Plunge into the deep waters beyond your own comprehension, and I will help you to comprehend even as I do. Bewilderment is the true comprehension. Not to know where you are going is the true knowledge. My comprehension transcends yours.
It is because we underrate thought, because we do not see what a great element it is in religious life, that there is so little of practical and consistent religion among us.
If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed.