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Quotes from Riane Eisler

To heal ourselves we also have to heal society.
~ Riane Eisler
When the status and power of women is greater so also is the nation's general quality of life; when they are lower, so is the quality of life for all.
~ Riane Eisler
to change our realities, we also have to change our myths. As history amply demonstrates, myths and realities go hand in hand.
~ Riane Eisler
We are rapidly moving into the post-industrial age, when we must redefine what is "productive" work, as more and more jobs are being replaced by automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence.
~ Riane Eisler
Religion supports and perpetuates the social organization it reflects.
~ Riane Eisler
The only life many of the leaders of the anti-family planning movement seem to care about -- indeed obsess about -- is life before birth and after death.
~ Riane Eisler
The link between intimate violence in the home and the international violence of terrorism and war is as tightly bound together as the fingers of a clenched fist.
~ Riane Eisler
...gender relationships, which are tough for people to deal with, are key to whether a society orients to domination or partnership in all its relations.
~ Riane Eisler
For both Adam Smith and Karl Marx the essential work of caring for people, starting in early childhood, was "just women's work" - and in their minds not even classified as "productive work."
~ Riane Eisler
Marshall Rosenberg has a genius for developing and teaching practical skills urgently needed for a less violent, more caring world.
~ Riane Eisler
We can't just tack on environmental balance to a fundamentally imbalanced system.
~ Riane Eisler
In sum, the struggle for our future is . . . the struggle between those who cling to patterns of domination and those working for a more equitable partnership world.
~ Riane Eisler