To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
BELL HOOKSIf we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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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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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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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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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 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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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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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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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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The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.
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Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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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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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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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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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.
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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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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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What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.
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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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Death is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move towards it, but it’s not unfamiliar to you. It’s always been there, so what becomes unfamiliar to you when you pass away from the moment is really life.
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Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
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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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