I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.
BELL HOOKSThe rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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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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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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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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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 think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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The people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
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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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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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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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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
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