Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
BELL HOOKSOnce you do away with the idea of people as fixed, static entities, then you see that people can change, and there is hope.
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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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Justice demands integrity. It’s to have a moral universe – not only know what is right or wrong but to put things in perspective, weigh things. Justice is different from violence and retribution; it requires complex accounting.
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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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The greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally rooted in a love ethic.
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Forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?
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Death is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move towards it, but it’s not unfamiliar to you. It’s always been there, so what becomes unfamiliar to you when you pass away from the moment is really life.
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When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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There will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as feminist ideas are understood only by a well-educated few.
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To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.
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I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.
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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death.
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I believe that it is impossible for two individuals not committed to their own and each other’s well being to sustain a healthy and enduring relationship.
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