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.
BELL HOOKSI 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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You can only realize change if you live simply. Once people want enormous excess, you can hardly do social change.
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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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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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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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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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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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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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My idea of a delicious time is to read a book that is wonderful. But the ruling passion of my life is being a seeker after truth and the divine.
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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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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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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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