Bell Hooks Quotes

There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death.
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Act Death Life Violence
Justice demands integrity. It’s to have a moral universe – not only know what is right or wrong but to put things in perspective, weigh things. Justice is different from violence and retribution; it requires complex accounting.
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Complex Demand Integrity Justice Moral Perspective Requirement Right Universe Weight Wrong
When we choose to love, we choose to move against fear, against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect, to find ourselves in the other.
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Against Choice Choose Fear Love Separate
To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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Commitment Investment Love Time
To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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Commitment Investment Love Time
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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Change Hope Ideas Inspirational People
Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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Dialogue Foundation Honesty Insight Open Minded
Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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Break Issolation People Spirit Terrorism World
What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.
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Believe Important Inspirational