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.
BELL HOOKSA 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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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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Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power – not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.
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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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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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Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
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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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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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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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Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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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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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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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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