Do not expect to receive the love from someone else you do not give yourself. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The wounded heart learns self-love by first overcoming low self-esteem. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them. — bell hooks Copy Share Image
When we work with love we renew the spirit; that renewal is an act of self-love, it nurtures our growth. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself. Learning to love our female selves is… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Self-love is the foundation of our loving practice. Without it our other efforts to love fail. Giving ourselves love we provide our… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Whether we learn how to love ourselves and others will depend on the presence of a loving environment. Self-love cannot flourish in… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
In an ideal world we would all learn in childhood to love ourselves. We would grow, being secure in our worth and… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Women are often belittled for trying to resurrect these men and bring them back to life and to love. They are in… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“And when we love, we know love will last. Significantly, we know, having learned through much trial and error, that true love… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“One of the best guides to how to be self-loving is to give ourselves the love we are often dreaming about receiving… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Right now, for many Americans, class is being foregrounded like never before because of the economic situation. It doesn't mean that race doesn't matter,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share
“Most folks believe we are hardwired biologically to long for sex but they do not believe we are hardwired to long for love. Almost… — Bell Hooks Copy Share
... we need to interrogate "reverence," for idolization can be another way one is objectified and not really taken seriously. — Bell Hooks Copy Share
The power of patriarchy has been to make maleness feared and to make men feel that it is better to be feared that to… — Bell Hooks Copy Share
“I feel enormously blessed to be a successful black woman writer in this culture, but I have found my small fame, such as it… — Bell Hooks Copy Share
In this culture, the phrase 'black woman' is not synonymous with 'tender,' or 'gentle.' It's as if those words couldn't possibly speak to the… — bell hooks Copy Share
It's interesting to look at all the aspects where everyday Americans, many of whom are not college educated, are thinking deeply now about our… — Bell Hooks Copy Share
The true teacher is within us. A good teacher is someone who can help you to go back and touch the true teacher within,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share
“Advancing the notion that there can be many "feminisms" has served the conservative and liberal political interests of women seeking status and privileged class… — bell hooks Copy Share
You must have courage to love, you have to have a profound will to do what is right to love, and it does not… — Bell Hooks Copy Share
To truly love we must learn to mix various ingredients - care, affection, recognition, respect, commitment, and trust, as well as honest and open… — Bell Hooks Copy Share
“Often emphasis on identity and lifestyle is appealing because it creates a false sense that one is engaged in praxis. However, praxis within any… — bell hooks Copy Share
