It’s in the act of having to do things that you don’t want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego.
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 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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Feminism is for everybody.
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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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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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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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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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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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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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You can only realize change if you live simply. Once people want enormous excess, you can hardly do social change.
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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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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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