If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
BELL HOOKSThe greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally rooted in a love ethic.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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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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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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When 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.
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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.
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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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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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Patriarchy has no gender.
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No black woman writer in this culture can write “too much”. Indeed, no woman writer can write “too much”. No woman has ever written enough.
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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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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 think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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