If we want liberation, we ...

If we want liberation, we must rewrite the Sleeping Beauty myth.  No one is coming and no one else is to blame.
If we want liberation, we must rewrite the Sleeping Beauty myth. No one is coming and no one else is to blame.
 Elizabeth Lesser

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All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.
 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
 Thích Nhất Hạnh
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

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I heard the term "mamisma" when describing Speaker of the House [Nancy] Pelosi, how she was speaking from that place which is kind of like a strong mother. Like when your mom says like, "put that down!" you know that is coming from a place of both love and strength. And at this critical stage in human history we need both action and caring.
 Elizabeth Lesser
What mothers do - they act with love, at least good mothers do! They have a spirit of strong, fierce, protective energy - the way a mother would put her life on the line for her children - we need to put our life on the line for each other.
 Elizabeth Lesser
Don't persuade, defend or interrupt. Be curious, be conversational, be real. And listen.
 Elizabeth Lesser
We are able to choose what we want - you don't have to accept one thing from one tradition. It's a melting pot.
 Elizabeth Lesser
We think that maybe feminism isn't appropriate anymore, since Western women have really made enormous strides. But check out the rest of the world if you'd like to not be able to sleep tonight.
 Elizabeth Lesser