Bell Hooks

Quotes

• “To be changed by ideas was pure pleasure. But to learn ideas that ran counter to values and beliefs learned at home was ...”
• “There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death. Whether it's the mundane viol...”
• “The message received from the mass media is that knowledge makes love less compelling; that it is ignorance that gives l...”
• “Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using th...”
• “The greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally root...”
• “Once you do away with the idea of people as fixed, static entities, then you see that people can change, and there is ho...”
• “Living simply makes loving simple.”
• “feminism is for everybody”