"Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself."

"Hope is a very unruly emotion."

"The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes."

"The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn. We are filled with popular wisdom of several centuries just past, and we are terrified to give it up."

"I myself cried when I got angry, then became unable to explain why I was angry in the first place. Later I would discover this was endemic among female human beings. Anger is supposed to be 'unfeminin…"