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.
BELL HOOKSJustice 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.
BELL HOOKSSince loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other.
BELL HOOKSWhen we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us.
BELL HOOKSI think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
BELL HOOKSOne of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
BELL HOOKSGenuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
BELL HOOKSIf 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.
BELL HOOKSWhenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
BELL HOOKSIf you do not know what you feel, then it is difficult to choose love; it is better to fall. Then you do not have to be responsible for your actions.
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?
BELL HOOKSThe political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.
BELL HOOKSI think the Women’s movement has had a major impact on everybody’s lives in our nation and in the world as a whole.
BELL HOOKSWhat we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
BELL HOOKSTo be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.
BELL HOOKSI began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.
BELL HOOKSThe 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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