You can only realize change if you live simply. Once people want enormous excess, you can hardly do social change.
BELL HOOKSIt’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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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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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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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself. Learning to love our female selves is where our search for love must begin.
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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
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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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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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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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When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
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