1,066 Quotes by Gloria Steinem

I think if we could raise one generation of kids without violence and shaming, we don’t know what might be possible.

When humans are ranked instead of linked, everyone loses.

I recommend trying this kind of grassroots organizing for a week or a year, a month or a lifetime – working for whatever change you want to see in the world. Then one day you will be talking to a stranger who has no idea you played any part in the victory she or he is celebrating.

Oppression has no logic – just a self-fulfilling prophecy, justified by a self-perpetuating system.

Unequal access to money and media plus bias, external and internalized, and male-dominant religions and illegality at the polls – all those are reasons for women’s wildly unequal political power.

Laughter is an orgasm of the mind.

When you attempt something new, there’s always fear. A couple of helpful slogans to me are “follow the fear” or “fear is a sign of growth.”

A movement happens when people are inspired by somebody, but they do it themselves. You don’t wait for someone else. You do it yourself.

It’s a big gift to be recognizable as part of something that matters to people, but that’s not the same as being responsible for something.