64 Quotes by Mary Daly

The word ‘sin’ is derived from the Indo-European root ‘es-,’ meaning ‘to be.’ When I discovered this etymology, I intuitively understood that for a [person] trapped in patriarchy, which is the religion of the entire planet, ‘to be’ in the fullest sense is ‘to sin'.

Since patriarchy is the perpetual poorhouse in which women are stored/restored, afflicted with poverty of spirit, imagination, intellect, passion, physical vigor, as well as economic poverty, it is clear - and clearer than ever - that we have basically Nothing to loose.

...the essential task of feminism is not to go looking around for a ready-made theory and then try to make it relevant to our (little?) "issue" or "problem". This is self-depreciating in the extreme, a fact that is obvious if one realises that feminism is cosmic in its dimensions.

The power of sisterhood is not war-power. There have been and will be conflicts, but the Final cause causes no by conflict but by attraction.

The freedom to fall out of Eden will cost a mirror-shattering experience.

Women have had the power of naming stolen from us.

Work is a substitute religious experience for many workaholics.

It is the creative potential itself in human beings that is the image of God.

We have a lot of faith that the miracle part is over, since he survived the initial trauma. Pat has a long road ahead, but he has an incredible amount of support behind him, including his many friends at the racetrack.