Once we recognize what it is we are feeling, once we recognize we can feel deeply, love deeply, can feel joy, then we will demand that all parts of our lives produce that kind of joy.

Quote by Audre Lorde

Topics: Deep Love Quotes, Emotion Quotes, Feelings Quotes, Joy Quotes, Life Quotes

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept,...

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept,...

Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all...

Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all...

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of...

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of...

But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there...

But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there...

Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the...

Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the...

The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.

The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.

You know how fighting fish do it? They blow bubbles and in each one of...

You know how fighting fish do it? They blow bubbles and in each one of...

I believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but...

I believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but...

Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies...

Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies...

Your silence will not protect you.

Your silence will not protect you.

I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of...

I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of...

When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference...

When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference...

In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason...

In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason...

There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black,...

There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black,...

I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have...

I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have...

Attend me, hold me in your muscular flowering arms, protect me from throwing any part...

Attend me, hold me in your muscular flowering arms, protect me from throwing any part...

The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.

The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.

All men are created Equal. Some just have more Splenda.

All men are created Equal. Some just have more Splenda.

Everyone has an equal right to inequality.

Everyone has an equal right to inequality.