Eat only when you are hungry-not because it is one o'clock or seven o'clock or whatever.

The institution of marriage is obsolete.

Relationships are the oxygen of the psyche.

But the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself.

In my marriages, I'd lost parts of who I was because I was trying to mold myself into what I thought a man wanted me to be.

Ultimately we must concern ourselves with pulling out by its roots the decadence that controls our culture, the profit motive that controls our culture.

Women are rising. And I think that's all the violence and war - it could be the last gasp of the patriarchy, actually.

The challenge is not to be perfect. It’s to be whole.

The people who did you wrong or who didn't quite know how to show up, you forgive them. And forgiving them allows you to forgive yourself too.

I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.

All my life I had believed that unless I was perfect I would not be loved.

When I'm in Canada, I feel this is what the world should be like.

It's better to be interested than interesting.

If you allow yourself, you can become stronger in the very places that you've been broken.

When you know in your heart why you did something, and you feel and you know that in spite of all the controversy that it was right, doesn't matter.

Refuse to be afraid that we will no longer be considered attractive and acceptable when we are strong.

I think what's happening in the world - there's nothing more dangerous than a wounded beast, and the patriarchy is wounded.

Perfection is a toxic desire. We are not supposed to be perfect. The challenge is not to be perfect, it's to be whole.

One part of wisdom is knowing what you don't need anymore and letting it go.