To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
BELL HOOKSLove is an action, never simply a feeling.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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The people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
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It’s in the act of having to do things that you don’t want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego.
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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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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance.
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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.
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Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other.
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My idea of a delicious time is to read a book that is wonderful. But the ruling passion of my life is being a seeker after truth and the divine.
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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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A major part of love is commitment. If we are committed to someone, if I’m committed to loving you, then it’s not possible for me to fall out of love.
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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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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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The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.
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Living simply makes loving simple.
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