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?
BELL HOOKSAs long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.
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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.
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There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death.
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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think they’re beautiful or not. That space on the Internet allows you to converse with somebody with none of those things involved.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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Patriarchy has no gender.
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Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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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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If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
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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 began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.
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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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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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