All the work I do is built on a foundation of loving-kindness. Love illuminates matters. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Our hearts connect with lots of folks in a lifetime but most of us will go to our graves with no experience… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
All my life I have longed to have a loving relationship that would last a lifetime. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Remember, care is a dimension of love, but simply giving care does not mean we are loving. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Clearly, commitment is a necessary component for creating loving relationships. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
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
Love is first and foremost exemplified by action - by practice - not solely by feeling. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose to love we begin… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Giving generously in romantic relationships, and in all other bonds, means recognizing when the other person needs our attention. Attention is an… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“To demystify the meaning of love, the art and practice of loving, we need to use sound definitions of love when talking… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I don't think you can hate anything that you know intimately. There is no fine line separating love from hate because there's… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Concurrently, when it comes to matters of the heart we are encouraged to treat partners as though they were objects we can… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
A central theme of all about love is that from childhood into adulthood we are often taught misguided and false assumptions about… — 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
“...it is the most militant, most radical intervention anyone can make to not only speak of love, but to engage in the… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
Women have endeavored to guide men to love because patriarchal thinking has sanctioned this work even as it has undermined it by… — 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
“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
“Many of us choose relationships of affection and care that will never become loving because they feel safer. The demands are not… — 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
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
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
In general, the mass media tell us that black people are not loving, that our lives are so fraught with violence and… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
The world would be a paradise of peace and justice if global citizens shared a common definition of love which would guide… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Beloved community is formed not by the eradication of difference but by its affirmation, by each of us claiming the identities and… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The capacity to love is tied to being able to be awake, to being able to move out of yourself and be… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
To truly love we must learn to mix various ingredients - care, affection, recognition, respect, commitment, and trust, as well as honest… — 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
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
Of all the definitions of love that abound in our universe, a special favorite of mine is... “the will to extend one's… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Individuals who want to believe that there is no fulfillment in love, that true love does not exist, cling to these assumptions… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The moment we choose to love, we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose to love, we begin… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I think this is often misunderstood in the West, where people feel that there can be no justice unless everything is the… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
To begin by always thinking of love as an action rather than a feeling is one way in which anyone using the… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I have been contemplating the place and meaning of love in our lives and culture for years. When a subject attracts my… — 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
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
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
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
