To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.
BELL HOOKSWhenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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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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If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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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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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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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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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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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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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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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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When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
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Patriarchy has no gender.
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