If we hope to create a non-violent world where respect and kindness replace fear and hatred, we must begin with how we treat each other at the beginning of life for that is where our deepest patterns are set. From these roots grow fear and alienation or love and trust. -Suzanne Arms
"When women are in charge of their environment, when they have the privacy to labor undisturbed, when they feel completely at ease and supported, outcomes are always superior" -Elizabeth Davis
	"The most potent lesson of childbirth is the revelation of essential feminine force. Giving birth calls on a woman to shed her social skin and discover her ability to cooperate with and surrender to elemental forces. Birth can profoundly transform a woman, strengthen her faith, and deepen her identity…. Women who labor on their own terms and triumph in spontaneous birthing will mother in a fiercely independent fashion, with strength and inner certainty spilling into every other aspect of their lives." -Elizabeth Davis
"Clearly, the transition of childbirth is more than having a baby; it is a pivotal event in a woman's personal development." -Elizabeth Davis