American - Critic | September 25, 1952 -
There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death. Whether it's the mundane violence we do to our bodies by overeating toxic food or drink or the extreme violence of child abuse, domestic warfare, life-threatening poverty, addiction, or state terrorism.
bell hooks
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We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think they're beautiful or not. That space on the Internet allows you to converse with somebody with none of those things involved.
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To live fixated on the future is to engage in psychological denial. It is a form of psychic violence that prepares us to accept the violence needed to ensure the maintenance of imperialist, future-oriented society.
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I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance.
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If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
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But love is really more of an interactive process. It's about what we do not just what we feel. It's a verb, not a noun.
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Live simply so that others may simply live.
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For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?
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Once you do away with the idea of people as fixed, static entities, then you see that people can change, and there is hope.
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When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us.
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Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other.
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I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.
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