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> [We survive day by day on this planet by adjusting down, adjusting down. Little by little, imperceptibly, we adjust to increasingly deadly conditions, and come to accept them as 'natural' or inevitable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-johnson/we-survive-day-by-day-on-this-planet-by-adjusting-down-adjusting-down/)

[Sonia Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-johnson/)

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## More by Sonia Johnson

> [How desperately we wish to maintain our trust in those we love! In the face of everything, we try to find reasons to trust.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-johnson/how-desperately-we-wish-to-maintain-our-trust-in-those-we-love-in-the/)

[Sonia Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-johnson/)

> [I like to remind people what radical means -- 'at the root of things.' It shouldn't be considered a pejorative. There isn't a great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-johnson/i-like-to-remind-people-what-radical-means-at-the-root-of-things-it/)

[Sonia Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-johnson/)

> [Women have to risk civil disobedience for their rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-johnson/women-have-to-risk-civil-disobedience-for-their-rights/)

[Sonia Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-johnson/)

> [I still feel Mormon. Those men in Salt Lake City can't decide who's Mormon and who isn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-johnson/i-still-feel-mormon-those-men-in-salt-lake-city-can-t-decide-who-s/)

[Sonia Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-johnson/)

> [Freedom is necessary for honesty, honesty for integrity, integrity for power, power for creativity, and all of them for intimacy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-johnson/freedom-is-necessary-for-honesty-honesty-for-integrity-integrity-for/)

[Sonia Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-johnson/)

> [In our home we grew up thinking we were Mormons first and human beings second.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-johnson/in-our-home-we-grew-up-thinking-we-were-mormons-first-and-human/)

[Sonia Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-johnson/)

> [I liked the name of the amendment. I couldn't help feeling uneasy that the church was opposing something with a name as beautiful as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-johnson/i-liked-the-name-of-the-amendment-i-couldn-t-help-feeling-uneasy-that/)

[Sonia Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-johnson/)

> [people are strong despite suffering, not because of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-johnson/people-are-strong-despite-suffering-not-because-of-it/)

[Sonia Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-johnson/)

> [What we resist persists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-johnson/what-we-resist-persists/)

[Sonia Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-johnson/)

> [There has been only one war fought literally worldwide, affecting every living thing, and that has been men's all-out, non-stop, millennia-long war against women,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-johnson/there-has-been-only-one-war-fought-literally-worldwide-affecting/)

[Sonia Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-johnson/)

> [We don't need someone to show us the ropes. We are the ones we've been waiting for. Deep inside us we know the feelings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-johnson/we-don-t-need-someone-to-show-us-the-ropes-we-are-the-ones-we-ve-been/)

[Sonia Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-johnson/)

> [We survive day by day on this planet by adjusting down, adjusting down. Little by little, imperceptibly, we adjust to increasingly deadly conditions, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-johnson/we-survive-day-by-day-on-this-planet-by-adjusting-down-adjusting-down/)

[Sonia Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-johnson/)

> [I came from the most orthodox background you could ask for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-johnson/i-came-from-the-most-orthodox-background-you-could-ask-for/)

[Sonia Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-johnson/)

> [Some people always assume that if you mention a problem, you caused it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-johnson/some-people-always-assume-that-if-you-mention-a-problem-you-caused-it/)

[Sonia Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-johnson/)

> [Sometimes I think we can tell how important it is to risk by how dangerous it is to do so.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-johnson/sometimes-i-think-we-can-tell-how-important-it-is-to-risk-by-how/)

[Sonia Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-johnson/)

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