If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice, have recognition for difference without attaching difference to privilege. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
You must have courage to love, you have to have a profound will to do what is right to love, and it… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Certainly we can end racism with love. We can demand that the federal government change its emphasis on racial distinction. — bell hooks Copy Share Image
Most of us find it difficult to accept a definition of love that says we are never loved in a context where… — 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
Widespread cultural acceptance of lying is a primary reason many of us will never know love — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Living by a love ethic we learn to value loyalty and a commitment to sustained bonds over material advancement.” — bell hooks Copy Share Image
Knowing love or the hope of knowing love is the anchor that keeps us from falling into that sea of despair. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“To be loving we willingly hear each other's truth and, most important, we affirm the value of truth telling. Lies may make… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
If you do not know what you feel, then it is difficult to choose love; it is better to fall. Then you… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
as females in a patriarchal culture, we were not slaves of love; most of us were and are slaves of longing-- yearning… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
When we choose to love, we choose to move against fear, against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice… — 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
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
When angels speak of love they tell us it is only by loving that we enter an earthly paradise. They tell us… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Only love can heal the wounds of the past. However, the intensity of our woundedness often leads to a closing of the… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Her love of words is a private passion - one she would rather not share. In the house of her childhood though… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
schools for love do not exist. everyone assumes that we will know how to love instinctively. despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“All relationships have ups and downs. Romantic fantasy often nurtures the belief that difficulties and down times are an indication of a… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
The time has come to tell the truth. Again. There is no love without justice. Men and women who cannot be just… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
When I write provocative social and cultural criticism that causes readers to stretch their minds, to think beyond set paradigms, I think… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
All too often women believe it is a sign of commitment, an expression of love, to endure unkindness or cruelty, to forgive… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I want there to be a place in the world where people can engage in one another’s differences in a way that… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Most folks believe we are hardwired biologically to long for sex but they do not believe we are hardwired to long for… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Most of us did not learn when we were young that our capacity to be self-loving would be shaped by the work… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
If only one party in the relationship is working to create love, to create the space of emotional connection, the dominator model… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
A generous heart is always open, always ready to receive our going and coming. In the midst of such love we need… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally rooted in… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Choosing to be honest is the first step in the process of love. There is no practitioner of love who deceives. Once… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Abuse and neglect negate love. Care and affirmation, the opposite of abuse and humiliation, are the foundation of love. No one can… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I have been thinking about the notion of perfect love as being without fear, and what that means for us in a… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The word "love" is most often defined as a noun, yet al the more astute theorists of love acknowledge that we would… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The transformative power of love is not fully embraced in our society because we often wrongly believe that torment and anguish are… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Ultimately the men who choose against violence, against death, do so because they want to live fully and well, because they want… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Loving friendships provide us with a space to experience the joy of community in a relationship where we learn to process all… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“But many of us seek community solely to escape the fear of being alone. Knowing how to be solitary is central to… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Women have greater freedom than ever before, and yet it is not clear whether that freedom has given us greater access to… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Those who choose to walk on love's path are well served if they have a guide. That guide can enable us to… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
A major part of love is commitment. If we are committed to someone, if I'm committed to loving you, then it's not… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
“When men and women are loyal to ourselves and others, when we love justice, we understand fully the myriad ways in which… — 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 Image
“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 Image
... we need to interrogate "reverence," for idolization can be another way one is objectified and not really taken seriously. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
