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.
BELL HOOKSThe political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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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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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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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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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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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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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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If any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining, her agency.
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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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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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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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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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