What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
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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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power – not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.
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Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.
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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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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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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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If you do not know what you feel, then it is difficult to choose love; it is better to fall. Then you do not have to be responsible for your actions.
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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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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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Once 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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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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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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