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
Knowledge rooted in experience shapes what we value and as a consequence how we know what we know as well as how… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
...move from emphasis on personal lifestyle issues toward creating political paradigms and radical models of social change that emphasize collective as well… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
There will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as feminist ideas are understood only by a well-educated few. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I think stress is anything going on in our lives that impinges on our capacity to have optimum well being. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Fame is fun, money is useful, celebrity can be exciting, but finally life is about optimal well-being and how we achieve that… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I believe that it is impossible for two individuals not committed to their own and each other’s well being to sustain a… — 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
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
