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Bell Hooks Quotes

To build community requires vigilant awareness of the work we must continually do to undermine all the socialization that leads us to behave in ways that perpetuate domination Picture Quote #1

Sadly, children’s passion for thinking often ends when they encounter a world that seeks to educate them for conformity and obedience only Picture Quote #1

When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment Picture Quote #1

Our hearts connect with lots of folks in a lifetime but most of us will go to our graves with no experience of true love Picture Quote #1

If I do not speak in a language that can be understood there is little chance for a dialogue Picture Quote #1

If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice, have recognition for difference without attaching difference to privilege Picture Quote #1

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The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is - it's to imagine what is possible Picture Quote #1

One of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone Picture Quote #1

I think the number one thing black women and all black people should be paying attention to is our health Picture Quote #1

Writing and the hope of writing pulls me back from the edges of despair. I believe insanity and despair are at times one and the same Picture Quote #1

Because we have learned to believe negativity is more realistic, it appears more real than any positive voice Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Contrary to what we may have been taught to think, unnecessary and unchosen suffering wounds us but need not scar us for life. It does mark us. What we allow the mark of our suffering to become is in our own hands Picture Quote #1

Most gay men are as sexist in their thinking as are heterosexuals. Their patriarchal thinking leads them to construct paradigms of desirable sexual behaviour that is similar to that of patriarchal straight men Picture Quote #1

Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other Picture Quote #1

What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe Picture Quote #1

Imagine living in a world where there is no domination, where females and males are not alike or even always equal, but where a vision of mutuality is the ethos shaping our interaction Picture Quote #1

Few people who are hit once by someone they love respond in the way they might to a singular physical assault by a stranger Picture Quote #1

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What's really sad is that so many young women between the ages of 16 and 25 are ignorant and they already believe that women get the same pay as men. They don't even really understand that equality hasn't happened with the pay force Picture Quote #1

For me, 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? Picture Quote #1

And I was already on my way to being a true freak because I knew I would always choose to go where my blood beats, in any and all directions Picture Quote #1

Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power - not because they don't see it, but because they see it and they don't want it to exist Picture Quote #1

The time has come to tell the truth. Again. There is no love without justice. Men and women who cannot be just deny themselves and everyone they choose to be intimate with the freedom to know mutual love. If we remain unable to imagine a world where love can be recognized as a unifying principle that can lead us to seek and use power wisely, then we will remain wedded to a culture of domination that requires us to choose power over love Picture Quote #1

Racism has always been a divisive force separating black men and white men, and sexism has been a force that unites the two groups Picture Quote #1

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There will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as feminist ideas are understood only by a well-educated few Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Knowledge rooted in experience shapes what we value and as a consequence how we know what we know as well as how we use what we know Picture Quote #1

To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality Picture Quote #1

Within a capitalist consumer society, the cult of personality has the power to subsume ideas, to make the person, the personality into the product and not the work itself Picture Quote #1

Most of us find it difficult to accept a definition of love that says we are never loved in a context where there is abuse Picture Quote #1

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To build community requires vigilant awareness of the work we must continually do to undermine all the socialization that leads us to behave in ways that perpetuate domination (Bell Hooks Quotes) Sadly, children’s passion for thinking often ends when they encounter a world that seeks to educate them for conformity and obedience only (Bell Hooks Quotes) When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment (Bell Hooks Quotes) Our hearts connect with lots of folks in a lifetime but most of us will go to our graves with no experience of true love (Bell Hooks Quotes) If I do not speak in a language that can be understood there is little chance for a dialogue (Bell Hooks Quotes) If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice, have recognition for difference without attaching difference to privilege (Bell Hooks Quotes) The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is - it's to imagine what is possible (Bell Hooks Quotes) One of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone (Bell Hooks Quotes) I think the number one thing black women and all black people should be paying attention to is our health (Bell Hooks Quotes) Writing and the hope of writing pulls me back from the edges of despair. I believe insanity and despair are at times one and the same (Bell Hooks Quotes) Because we have learned to believe negativity is more realistic, it appears more real than any positive voice (Bell Hooks Quotes) 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 (Bell Hooks Quotes) Contrary to what we may have been taught to think, unnecessary and unchosen suffering wounds us but need not scar us for life. It does mark us. What we allow the mark of our suffering to become is in our own hands (Bell Hooks Quotes) Most gay men are as sexist in their thinking as are heterosexuals. Their patriarchal thinking leads them to construct paradigms of desirable sexual behaviour that is similar to that of patriarchal straight men (Bell Hooks Quotes) Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other (Bell Hooks Quotes) What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe (Bell Hooks Quotes) Imagine living in a world where there is no domination, where females and males are not alike or even always equal, but where a vision of mutuality is the ethos shaping our interaction (Bell Hooks Quotes) Few people who are hit once by someone they love respond in the way they might to a singular physical assault by a stranger (Bell Hooks Quotes) What's really sad is that so many young women between the ages of 16 and 25 are ignorant and they already believe that women get the same pay as men. They don't even really understand that equality hasn't happened with the pay force (Bell Hooks Quotes) For me, 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 Hooks Quotes) And I was already on my way to being a true freak because I knew I would always choose to go where my blood beats, in any and all directions (Bell Hooks Quotes) Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power - not because they don't see it, but because they see it and they don't want it to exist (Bell Hooks Quotes) The time has come to tell the truth. Again. There is no love without justice. Men and women who cannot be just deny themselves and everyone they choose to be intimate with the freedom to know mutual love. If we remain unable to imagine a world where love can be recognized as a unifying principle that can lead us to seek and use power wisely, then we will remain wedded to a culture of domination that requires us to choose power over love (Bell Hooks Quotes) Racism has always been a divisive force separating black men and white men, and sexism has been a force that unites the two groups (Bell Hooks Quotes) There will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as feminist ideas are understood only by a well-educated few (Bell Hooks Quotes) 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 (Bell Hooks Quotes) Knowledge rooted in experience shapes what we value and as a consequence how we know what we know as well as how we use what we know (Bell Hooks Quotes) To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality (Bell Hooks Quotes) Within a capitalist consumer society, the cult of personality has the power to subsume ideas, to make the person, the personality into the product and not the work itself (Bell Hooks Quotes) Most of us find it difficult to accept a definition of love that says we are never loved in a context where there is abuse (Bell Hooks Quotes)

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