773 Quotes by Bell Hooks

Lying has become so much the accepted norm that people lie even when it would be simpler to tell the truth.

To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.

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?

White women and black men have it both ways. They can act as oppressor or ... and oppression of others.

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 after truth and the divine.

All the work I do is built on a foundation of loving-kindness. Love illuminates matters.

All of us in the academy and in the culture as a whole are called to renew our minds if we are to transform educational institutions-and society-so that the way we live, teach, and work can reflect our joy in cultural diversity, our passion for justice, and our love of freedom.

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.

To indoctrinate boys into the rules of patriarchy, we force them to feel pain and to deny their feelings.