Bell Hooks Quotes

251 quotes in 3200 categories

• Choosing to be honest is the first step in the process of love. There is no practitioner of love who deceives. Once the choice has… Been
• How different things might be if, rather than saying "I think I'm in love," we were saying "I've connected with someone in a way that… Change
• Shaming is one of the deepest tools of imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy because shame produces trauma and trauma often produces paralysis. Capitalist
• The practice of love is the most powerful antidote to the politics of domination. Antidote
• If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice. Beloved
• Whether we're talking about race or gender or class, popular culture is where the pedagogy is, it's where the learning is. Class
• To teach in a manner that respects and cares for the souls of our students is essential if we are to provide the necessary conditions… Begin
• White women and black men have it both ways. They can act as oppressor or ... and oppression of others. Act
• The wounded heart learns self-love by first overcoming low self-esteem. Esteem
• We are rarely able to interact only with folks like ourselves, who think as we do. No matter how much some of us deny this… Able
• Patriarchy, like any system of domination (for example, racism), relies on socializing everyone to believe that in all human relations there is an inferior and… Acceptable
• My idea of a delicious time is to read a book that is wonderful. But the ruling passion of my life is being a seeker… Book
• Often girls feel deeply cared about as small children but then find as we develop willpower and independent thought that the world stops affirming us,… Affirming
• Commitment to truth telling lays the groundwork for the openness and honesty that is the heartbeat of love. Commitment
• When we are more energized by the practice of blaming than we are by efforts to create transformation, we not only cannot find relief from… Blame
• Feminism is the struggle to end sexist oppression. Its aim is not to benefit solely any specific group of women, any particular race or class… Aim
• Widespread cultural acceptance of lying is a primary reason many of us will never know love Acceptance
• Time and time again when I talk to individuals about approaching love with will and intentionality, I hear the fear expressed that this will bring… Actually Intensifies
• Shame produces trauma. Trauma produces paralysis. Paralysis
• The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom... Begin

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