Feelings Quotes by Audre Lorde

Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.

— Audre Lorde

The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.

— Audre Lorde

pornography is a direct denial of the power of the erotic, for it represents the suppression of true feeling. Pornography emphasizes sensation…

— Audre Lorde

We recognize that all knowledge is mediated through the body and that feeling is a profound source of information about our lives

— Audre Lorde

The erotic is a resource within each of us that lies in a deeply female and spiritual plane, firmly rooted in the…

— Audre Lorde

I am a post-mastectomy woman who believes our feelings need voice in order to be recognized, respected, and of use.

— Audre Lorde

Once we recognize what it is we are feeling, once we recognize we can feel deeply, love deeply, can feel joy, then…

— Audre Lorde

For within livin structures defined by profit, by linear power, by institutional dehumanization, our feelings were not meant to survive. Kept around…

— Audre Lorde

For each of us as women, there is a dark place within, where hidden and growing our true spirit rises, beautiful and…

— Audre Lorde

It is never easy to demand the most from ourselves, from our lives, from our work. To encourage excellence is to go…

— Audre Lorde

As we come to know, accept, and explore our feelings, they will become sanctuaries and fortresses and spawning grounds for the most…

— Audre Lorde

Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge. They are chaotic, sometimes painful, sometimes contradictory, but they come from deep within…

— Audre Lorde