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.
BELL HOOKSThe 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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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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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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You can only realize change if you live simply. Once people want enormous excess, you can hardly do social change.
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Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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Living simply makes loving simple.
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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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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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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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Patriarchy has no gender.
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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
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Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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