Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
BELL HOOKSForgiveness 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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If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
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To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.
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Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.
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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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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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Living simply makes loving simple.
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Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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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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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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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.
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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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Giving generously in romantic relationships, and in all other bonds, means recognizing when the other person needs our attention. Attention is an important resource.
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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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