What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.
BELL HOOKSSometimes 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.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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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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Love is really more of an interactive process. It’s about what we do not just what we feel. It’s a verb, not a noun.
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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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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.
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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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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think they’re beautiful or not. That space on the Internet allows you to converse with somebody with none of those things involved.
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I think the Women’s movement has had a major impact on everybody’s lives in our nation and in the world as a whole.
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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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You can only realize change if you live simply. Once people want enormous excess, you can hardly do social change.
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Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.
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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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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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