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Bell Hooks Quotes

Spirituality and spiritual life give us the strength to love Picture Quote #1

The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged Picture Quote #1

Sexism has never rendered women powerless. It has either suppressed their strength or exploited it Picture Quote #1

The practice of love is the most powerful antidote to the politics of domination Picture Quote #1

Our freedom is sweet. It will be sweeter when we are all free Picture Quote #1

But 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 Picture Quote #1

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All my life I have longed to have a loving relationship that would last a lifetime Picture Quote #1

Like desire, language disrupts, refuses to be contained within boundaries Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I always tell my students that Malcolm X came both to his spirituality and to his consciousness as a thinker when he had solitude to read. Unfortunately, tragically, like so many young black males, that solitude only came in prison Picture Quote #1

Relationships are treated like Dixie cups. They are the same. They are disposable. If it does not work, drop it, throw it away, get another. Committed bonds (including marriage) cannot last when this is the prevailing logic. Most of us are unclear about what to do to protect and strengthen caring bonds when our self-centered needs are not being met Picture Quote #1

Dominator culture has tried to keep us all afraid, to make us choose safety instead of risk, sameness instead of diversity. Moving through that fear, finding out what connects us, revelling in our differences; this is the process that brings us closer, that gives us a world of shared values, of meaningful community Picture Quote #1

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The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves. If an individual is not successful in emotionally crippling himself, he can count on patriarchal men to enact rituals of power that will assault his self-esteem Picture Quote #1

A generous heart is always open, always ready to receive our going and coming. In the midst of such love we need never fear abandonment. This is the most precious gift true love offers - the experience of knowing we always belong Picture Quote #1

Self-love is the foundation of our loving practice. Without it our other efforts to love fail. Giving ourselves love we provide our inner being with the opportunity to have the unconditional love we may have always longed to receive from someone else Picture Quote #1

In our culture privacy is often confused with secrecy. Open, honest, truth-telling individuals value privacy. We all need spaces where we can be alone with thoughts and feelings - where we can experience healthy psychological autonomy and can choose to share when we want to. Keeping secrets is usually about power, about hiding and concealing information Picture Quote #1

I celebrate teaching that enables transgressions - a movement against and beyond boundaries. It is that movement which makes education the practice of freedom Picture Quote #1

Patriarchy, like any system of domination (for example, racism), relies on socializing everyone to believe that in all human relations there is an inferior and a superior party, one person is strong, the other weak, and that it is therefore natural for the powerful to rule over the powerless. To those who support patriarchal thinking, maintaining power and control is acceptable by whatever means Picture Quote #1

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Often their rage erupts because they believe that all ways of looking that highlight difference subvert the liberal belief in a universal subjectivity (we are all just people) that they think will make racism disappear. They have a deep emotional investment in the myth of sameness even as their actions reflect the primacy of whiteness as a sign informing who they are and how they think Picture Quote #1

There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death. Whether it’s the mundane violence we do to our bodies by overeating toxic food or drink or the extreme violence of child abuse, domestic warfare, life-threatening poverty, addiction, or state terrorism Picture Quote #1

Feminism is a struggle to end sexist oppression. Therefore, it is necessarily a struggle to eradicate the ideology of domination that permeates Western culture on various levels Picture Quote #1

Only grown-ups think that the things children say come out of nowhere. We know they come from the deepest parts of ourselves Picture Quote #1

Within the new self-help books for women, patriarachy and male domination are rarely identified as forces that lead to the oppression, exploitation, and domination of women. Instead, these books suggest that individual relationships between men and women can be changed solely by women making the right choices Picture Quote #1

My focus has always been on the work - that work being critical thinking and writing. I am always doing that. That’s where I am, wherever I am. Critical thinking and writing as my heartbeat Picture Quote #1

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Radical militant feminist believes that women of color and Black women in particular have written the cutting edge theory and really were the individuals who exploded feminist theory into the directions that has made it more powerful. So I see us as the leaders not just of Black people and Black women in terms of feminism but in terms of the movement as a whole Picture Quote #1

We live in a world with serious class complexes. It is one thing to be a college student with loan debts and another thing to be just dirt poor for your entire life. The challenge is to come up with more complex understandings of where we are, more global awareness of what connects Americans with what is happening with suffering and oppressed people all around the world Picture Quote #1

We must continually remind students in the classroom that expression of different opinions and dissenting ideas affirms the intellectual process. We should forcefully explain that our role is not to teach them to think as we do but rather to teach them, by example, the importance of taking a stance that is rooted in rigorous engagement with the full range of ideas about a topic Picture Quote #1

Love is first and foremost exemplified by action - by practice - not solely by feeling Picture Quote #1

Anarchists have always gone against the grain, and that’s been a place of hope Picture Quote #1

What’s so amazing about this historical moment is that it is bringing class to the fore and we have to think about the nature of work and hierarchy Picture Quote #1

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Spirituality and spiritual life give us the strength to love (Bell Hooks Quotes) The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged (Bell Hooks Quotes) Sexism has never rendered women powerless. It has either suppressed their strength or exploited it (Bell Hooks Quotes) The practice of love is the most powerful antidote to the politics of domination (Bell Hooks Quotes) Our freedom is sweet. It will be sweeter when we are all free (Bell Hooks Quotes) But 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 (Bell Hooks Quotes) All my life I have longed to have a loving relationship that would last a lifetime (Bell Hooks Quotes) Like desire, language disrupts, refuses to be contained within boundaries (Bell Hooks Quotes) 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 (Bell Hooks Quotes) I always tell my students that Malcolm X came both to his spirituality and to his consciousness as a thinker when he had solitude to read. Unfortunately, tragically, like so many young black males, that solitude only came in prison (Bell Hooks Quotes) Relationships are treated like Dixie cups. They are the same. They are disposable. If it does not work, drop it, throw it away, get another. Committed bonds (including marriage) cannot last when this is the prevailing logic. Most of us are unclear about what to do to protect and strengthen caring bonds when our self-centered needs are not being met (Bell Hooks Quotes) Dominator culture has tried to keep us all afraid, to make us choose safety instead of risk, sameness instead of diversity. Moving through that fear, finding out what connects us, revelling in our differences; this is the process that brings us closer, that gives us a world of shared values, of meaningful community (Bell Hooks Quotes) The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves. If an individual is not successful in emotionally crippling himself, he can count on patriarchal men to enact rituals of power that will assault his self-esteem (Bell Hooks Quotes) A generous heart is always open, always ready to receive our going and coming. In the midst of such love we need never fear abandonment. This is the most precious gift true love offers - the experience of knowing we always belong (Bell Hooks Quotes) Self-love is the foundation of our loving practice. Without it our other efforts to love fail. Giving ourselves love we provide our inner being with the opportunity to have the unconditional love we may have always longed to receive from someone else (Bell Hooks Quotes) In our culture privacy is often confused with secrecy. Open, honest, truth-telling individuals value privacy. We all need spaces where we can be alone with thoughts and feelings - where we can experience healthy psychological autonomy and can choose to share when we want to. Keeping secrets is usually about power, about hiding and concealing information (Bell Hooks Quotes) I celebrate teaching that enables transgressions - a movement against and beyond boundaries. It is that movement which makes education the practice of freedom (Bell Hooks Quotes) Patriarchy, like any system of domination (for example, racism), relies on socializing everyone to believe that in all human relations there is an inferior and a superior party, one person is strong, the other weak, and that it is therefore natural for the powerful to rule over the powerless. To those who support patriarchal thinking, maintaining power and control is acceptable by whatever means (Bell Hooks Quotes) Often their rage erupts because they believe that all ways of looking that highlight difference subvert the liberal belief in a universal subjectivity (we are all just people) that they think will make racism disappear. They have a deep emotional investment in the myth of sameness even as their actions reflect the primacy of whiteness as a sign informing who they are and how they think (Bell Hooks Quotes) There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death. Whether it’s the mundane violence we do to our bodies by overeating toxic food or drink or the extreme violence of child abuse, domestic warfare, life-threatening poverty, addiction, or state terrorism (Bell Hooks Quotes) Feminism is a struggle to end sexist oppression. Therefore, it is necessarily a struggle to eradicate the ideology of domination that permeates Western culture on various levels (Bell Hooks Quotes) Only grown-ups think that the things children say come out of nowhere. We know they come from the deepest parts of ourselves (Bell Hooks Quotes) Within the new self-help books for women, patriarachy and male domination are rarely identified as forces that lead to the oppression, exploitation, and domination of women. Instead, these books suggest that individual relationships between men and women can be changed solely by women making the right choices (Bell Hooks Quotes) My focus has always been on the work - that work being critical thinking and writing. I am always doing that. That’s where I am, wherever I am. Critical thinking and writing as my heartbeat (Bell Hooks Quotes) Radical militant feminist believes that women of color and Black women in particular have written the cutting edge theory and really were the individuals who exploded feminist theory into the directions that has made it more powerful. So I see us as the leaders not just of Black people and Black women in terms of feminism but in terms of the movement as a whole (Bell Hooks Quotes) We live in a world with serious class complexes. It is one thing to be a college student with loan debts and another thing to be just dirt poor for your entire life. The challenge is to come up with more complex understandings of where we are, more global awareness of what connects Americans with what is happening with suffering and oppressed people all around the world (Bell Hooks Quotes) We must continually remind students in the classroom that expression of different opinions and dissenting ideas affirms the intellectual process. We should forcefully explain that our role is not to teach them to think as we do but rather to teach them, by example, the importance of taking a stance that is rooted in rigorous engagement with the full range of ideas about a topic (Bell Hooks Quotes) Love is first and foremost exemplified by action - by practice - not solely by feeling (Bell Hooks Quotes) Anarchists have always gone against the grain, and that’s been a place of hope (Bell Hooks Quotes) What’s so amazing about this historical moment is that it is bringing class to the fore and we have to think about the nature of work and hierarchy. (Bell Hooks Quotes)

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