The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower. – Audre Lorde
When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. – Audre Lorde
Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all afloat. – Audre Lorde
In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction. – Audre Lorde
Beside every great success are the seeds of enormous failure. In every failure, theres the opportunity seeds of great success. Theyre not miles apart. So if theyre that close together, and if youre really working, youre always gonna have that likelihood that somethings not going to work. – Peter Guber