All bonafide revolutions are of necessity revolutions of the spirit. Sonia Johnson More Quotes by Sonia Johnson More Quotes From Sonia Johnson One of my favorite fantasies is that next Sunday not one single woman, in any country of the world, will go to church. If women simply stop giving our time and energy to the institutions that oppress, they would have to cease to do so. Sonia Johnson countries-of-the-world sunday country We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history. Sonia Johnson determination change success Freedom is necessary for honesty, honesty for integrity, integrity for power, power for creativity, and all of them for intimacy. Sonia Johnson honesty integrity inspirational One of the basic tenets of radical feminism is that any woman in the world has more in common with any other woman regardless of class, race, age, ethnic group, nationality - than any woman has with any man. Sonia Johnson radical-feminism race men 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 we need to guide us. Our task is to learn to trust our inner knowing. Sonia Johnson knowing waiting feelings Women have to risk civil disobedience for their rights. Sonia Johnson civil-disobedience risk rights 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 name out of history you can pick who wasn't 'radical. Sonia Johnson roots names mean As we do at such times I turned on my automatic pilot and went through the motions of normalcy on the outside, so that I could concentrate all my powers on surviving the near-mortal wound inside. Sonia Johnson normalcy pilots sad 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. Sonia Johnson adjusting earth littles Obviously, the anti-ERA people are tickled about my ordeal because it proves that the ERA breaks up families. When they point out that feminism is a dangerous thing, I just say marriage is pretty precarious too. Sonia Johnson feminism eras people Women cannot serve two masters at once who are urgently beaming antithetical orders.... Either we believe in patriarchy the rule of men over women - or we believe in equality. Sonia Johnson men order believe The mid-life crisis hits men harder than women. Sonia Johnson harder crisis men So long as we think dugout canoes are the only possibility-all that is real or can be real-we will never see the ship, we will never feel the free wind blow. Sonia Johnson ignorance real blow Sometimes I think we can tell how important it is to risk by how dangerous it is to do so. Sonia Johnson risk important thinking I don't have time' is the single most frequently given reason for living fractional, perpetually indentured lives, for not living fully or freely. Because time is life, when we say we don't have enough time, we are admitting that we don't have enough life. Sonia Johnson admitting reason time Like the one-tenth of our brain that we currently use, I think now that most if not all of us have access to about one-tenth of our possible feelings. Sonia Johnson brain feelings thinking The guiding principle of my life, 'the means are the ends,' has taught me that our participation in a corrupt system facilitates it and corrupts and therefore defeats us. Sonia Johnson guiding-principles taught mean It's funny how heterosexuals have lives and the rest of us have "lifestyles." Sonia Johnson social-justice diversity justice In our home we grew up thinking we were Mormons first and human beings second. Sonia Johnson home firsts thinking I'm one of the few people in this world who can do anything I choose. I can't tell you how good I'm feeling. Sonia Johnson feelings people world
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