God is not something I think about but something I experience as an energy, a Presence. I do find it easier to pray to a female Presence or an androgynous Presence.
More Quotes from Olympia Dukakis:
Stories about the ongoing dramas in our lives as we age are not being told because women find it difficult to be honest about what's going on - about, for example, our heightened sexuality as we age or about living in a society that only values youth.Olympia Dukakis
I always look for ways to move the character to places within herself where it becomes necessary to confront something, to learn something new.
Olympia Dukakis
I think we're socialized out of being women, and then we have to find our way back to it. That's hard to do.
Olympia Dukakis
I talk to women's groups all over the country and see women struggling with this. The fear of not being accepted, of being different, of not having a man, all make it hard for a woman to do what she really believes is right for her.
Olympia Dukakis
When my children were born, I didn't have them baptized because I felt baptism was about erasing Original Sin - something the Church said children got from their mother - and I absolutely refused to believe women carry Original Sin.
Olympia Dukakis
The rest of us are still trying to find ways to live in the world with spirit-ual values. Myself included. We've learned certain skills, we've learned to prevail somewhat, but we've not made it over the mountain.
Olympia Dukakis
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Energy Quotes, God QuotesBased on Keywords: androgynous
They're still in the game, and they're trying to get back into it.
Jimmy Hill
We used to say that he who threw the biggest tantrum won the day.
Neil Finn
I feel the whole issue has been a witchhunt from day one as part of a broader Republican political agenda.
Kojo Annan