Do you say that tree isn't pretty cause it doesn't look like that tree? We're all trees. You're a tree. I'm a tree. You've got to love your body, Eve. You've got to love your tree. Love your tree. (Leah) Eve Ensler More Quotes by Eve Ensler More Quotes From Eve Ensler Everything you deny is actually killing you on some level. You see something, you feel something wrong with your body, you pretend it's not happening, it goes on, it grows, it gets worse. Eve Ensler levelsbodygoes-on I think that anytime you get clear about what your mission is or what your focus wants to be, things start to come together in your life. Eve Ensler focustogetherthinking I think to be honest, that being is inside. I meet that being in so many people that I meet everywhere in the world and when I do meet that being, in other people, what I want to ask is "How do we keep opening ourselves so that we can become as vulnerable and as willing to live in the deepest complexity and ambiguity and truth that we can? Eve Ensler peopleworldthinking The mechanism of violence is what destroys women, controls women, diminishes women and keeps women in their so-called place. Eve Ensler diminishwomenviolence I have been a depressed person most of m life. I was always in the throes of self-hatred. Eve Ensler depressed-personhateself Why are women immobile? Because so many feel like they’re waiting for someone to say, "You’re good, you’re pretty, I give you permission." Eve Ensler waitingappreciationgiving What I believe is that we have this extraordinary spirit inside ourselves, which for me is our Buddha nature. I believe we are in the process of opening and getting closer and closer to our Buddha nature and stripping away all that is covering it. I don't think I'm going to end up meeting this one being up there or out there. Eve Ensler coveringbelievethinking For many years now, I feel like my own body struggle has been linked and connected with women I meet in the world. I think we're in this together. Eve Ensler struggleyearsthinking I wake up every day and I think, 'I'm breathing! It's a good day.' Eve Ensler good-daybreathingthinking Between the combination of Judeo-Christian religious 'be good be good be good' and Capitalist 'something's wrong with you, buy this' and the parental upbringing, which is 'you're wrong, you're not thin enough, you're not smart enough' I mean, hello! We don't have a shot. Eve Ensler smartreligiouschristian There is a global epidemic where one out of three women will be beaten or sexually assaulted in their lifetimes? How are we going to build a future of love and connection? And why would this not be of utmost concern to men? Eve Ensler epidemicsconnectionsmen I am worried about this word, this notion - security. I see this word, hear this word, feel this word everywhere. Security check. Security watch. Security clearance. Why has all this focus on security made me feel so much more insecure? ... Why are we suddenly a nation and a people who strive for security above all else? Eve Ensler insecurefocuspeople What if, instead of being afraid of even talking about death, we saw our lives in some ways as preparation for it. Eve Ensler ifs-andhearttalking If you are connected to your own internal being, it is very hard to be screwing and destroying and hurting another human being, because you’ll be feeling what they’re feeling. If you’re separated, it’s not a hard thing to do at all. Eve Ensler destroyinghurtfeelings I think we need to teach pleasure. What beautiful touch means. What reciprocity means. What being connected and what intimacy means. Boys get out there at a young age and the performance posturing is so great and ends up being hard and aggressive. Eve Ensler beautifulboysmean Wouldn't it be incredible if everyone could be purged, somehow, of the projected not-them badness that they internalized and perhaps have acted out because their souls have been so damaged? Wouldn't it be incredible if everyone could find the joy that comes with committing to our own goodness? Perhaps we would stop dividing ourselves into malignancies of various forms. Eve Ensler incrediblessouljoy I despise charity. It gives crumbs to a few and silences the others. Eve Ensler charitysilencegiving Real security is contemplating death, not pretending it doesn't exist. Eve Ensler pretendingrealinspirational To love women, to love our vaginas, to know them and touch them and be familiar with who we are and what we need. To satisfy ourselves, to teach our lovers to satisfy us, to be present in our vaginas, to speak of them out loud, to speak of their hunger and pain and loneliness and humor, to make them visible so they cannot be ravaged in the dark without great consequence, so that our center, our point, our motor, our dream, is no longer detached, mutilated, numb, broken, invisible, or ashamed. Eve Ensler womenpaindream Three of the ten principles governing the City of Joy are (a) tell the truth, (b) stop waiting to be rescued, and (c) give away what you want the most. Eve Ensler citiesjoygiving
