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There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death.
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Act Death Life Violence
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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Account Believe Capacity Compassion Forgiveness Humanity Time Transfomation Wrong
If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
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Children Deal Life Self Love Sound
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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Commitment Love Possible
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.
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Act Ego Learning Past
Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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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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Alone Art Escape Love Self Love Solitude
Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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Genuine Gratitude Instant Love Need Rare Space
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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Each Other Love Meaning Relationship
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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Patriarchy has no gender.
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Equality Feminism Gender One Liner
Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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Dialogue Foundation Honesty Insight Open Minded
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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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance.
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What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
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Deep Imagination Inspirational

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