Audre Lorde

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.
Audre Lorde

The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference.
Audre Lorde

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.
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

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.
Audre Lorde

Silence has never brought us anything of worth.
Audre Lorde

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.
Audre Lorde

Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
Audre Lorde

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

There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
Audre Lorde