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It is never easy to demand the most from ourselves, from our lives, from our work. To encourage excellence is to go beyond the encouraged mediocrity of our society is to encourage excellence. But giving in to the fear

It is never easy to demand the most from ourselves, from our lives, from our work. To encourage excellence is to go beyond the encouraged mediocrity of our society is to encourage excellence. But giving in to the fear of feeling and working to capacity is a luxury only the unintentional can afford, and the unintentional are those who do not wish to guide their own destinies.

Audre Lorde

Destiny, Luxury, Giving

Audre Lorde (2012). “Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches”, p.54, Crossing Press

Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought. The farthest horizons of our hopes and fears are cobbled by our poems, carved from the rock experiences of our daily lives.

Audre Lorde

Rocks, Names, Giving

Audre Lorde (2012). “Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches”, p.37, Crossing Press

Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought.

Audre Lorde

Names, Giving, Way

Audre Lorde (2012). “Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches”, p.37, Crossing Press

My anger has meant pain to me but it has also meant survival, and before I give it up I'm going to be sure that there is something at least as powerful to replace it on the road to clarity.

Audre Lorde

Pain, Powerful, Giving

Audre Lorde (2012). “Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches”, p.132, Crossing Press