“If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?”

“The only thing thats been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence.”

“I spend a lot of time with Buddhists. I'm not a Buddhist, but their relationship with death interests me.”

“Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men - bring them softness, teach them how to cry.”

“During the 'ballad' years for me, the politics was latent; I was just falling in love with the ballads and my boyfriend. And there was the beauty of the songs.”

“We were raised with that discussion about violence and non-violence, and we all pretty much came up on the side of non-violence. That became my foundation with politics and my livelihood.”

“You don't know me. You know one me, just like I know one you. And you can't know every me, and I can't know every you.”

“When I knew people, I knew me and when I knew me, I knew people.”

“Our spirit knows our purpose, let these en-grained impressions shape our perceptions of who we think we are today.”

“A leader is the one who is pulling the sled hardest.”

“Genuine security an only be obtained by looking inside our oneself.”