Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Young people are cynical about love. Ultimately, cynicism is the great mask of the disappointed and betrayed heart. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Sexism has never rendered women powerless. It has either suppressed their strength or exploited it. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The academy is not paradise. But learning is a place where paradise can be created. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Do not expect to receive the love from someone else you do not give yourself. — 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
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
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
My students tell me, we don't want to love! We're tired of being loving! And I say to them, if you're tired… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Men theorize about love, but women are more often love's practitioners. Most men feel that they receive love and therefore know what… — 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
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
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
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
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
“The widespread assumption that ethical behavior takes the fun out of life is false. In actuality, living ethically ensures that relationships in… — 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
“Romantic love as most people understand it in patriarchal culture makes one unaware, renders one powerless and out of control. Feminist thinkers… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
All of us in the academy and in the culture as a whole are called to renew our minds if we are… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Only a revolution of values...will end male violence, and that revolution will necessarily be based on a love ethic. To create loving… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
When I began to think deeply about the metaphysics of love I talked with everyone around me about it. I talked to… — 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
Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified. To know love we have to invest time and commitment...'dreaming… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
In patriarchal culture men are especially inclined to see love as something they should receive without expending effort. More often than not… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Let's not kid ourselves, we find mutual love only when we know how to love. And the best place to start practicing… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
“When we feel deeply drawn to someone, we cathect them; that is, we invest feelings or emotion in them. That process of… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Affection is only one ingredient of love. To truly love we must learn to mix various ingredients -- care, affection, recognition, respect,… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
“Often men who have been emotionally neglected and abused as children by dominating mothers bond with assertive women, only to have their… — 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
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
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
“Living by a love ethic we learn to value loyalty and a commitment to sustained bonds over material advancement.” — bell hooks Copy Share Image
To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged. — 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
![“Affection is only one ingredient of love. To truly love we must learn to mix various ingredients -- care, affection, recognition, respect, commitment, and trust, as well as honest and open communication. [...] When we feel deeply drawn to someone, we cathect with them; that is, we invest feelings…” quote by bell hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5b/bell-hooks-464_love_affection-is-only-one-ingredient-of-love_1238112.jpg)
