If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
BELL HOOKSForgiveness 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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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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Living simply makes loving simple.
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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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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself. Learning to love our female selves is where our search for love must begin.
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When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us.
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What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
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As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.
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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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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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When we choose to love, we choose to move against fear, against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect, to find ourselves in the other.
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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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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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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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