Top 500 Bell Hooks Quotes (2024 Update)
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Bell Hooks Quote: “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 made to be honest, then the next step on love’s path is communication.”

151. “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 made to be honest, then the next step on love’s path is communication.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “I think our culture doesn’t recognize passion, because real passion has the power to disrupt boundaries.”

152. “I think our culture doesn’t recognize passion, because real passion has the power to disrupt boundaries.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “In an imperialist racist patriarchal society that supports and condones oppression, it is not surprising that men and women judge their worth, their personal power, by their ability to oppress others.”

153. “In an imperialist racist patriarchal society that supports and condones oppression, it is not surprising that men and women judge their worth, their personal power, by their ability to oppress others.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “Without trust there can be no genuine intimacy and love.”

154. “Without trust there can be no genuine intimacy and love.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “Changing how we see images is clearly one way to change the world.”

155. “Changing how we see images is clearly one way to change the world.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “When men lie to women, presenting a false self, the terrible price they pay to maintain “power over” us is the loss of their capacity to give and receive love.”

156. “When men lie to women, presenting a false self, the terrible price they pay to maintain “power over” us is the loss of their capacity to give and receive love.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “When we are taught that safety lies always with sameness, then difference, of any kind, will appear as a threat.”

157. “When we are taught that safety lies always with sameness, then difference, of any kind, will appear as a threat.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “For black men of all ages it is more acceptable to express rage than to give voice to emotional needs.”

158. “For black men of all ages it is more acceptable to express rage than to give voice to emotional needs.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “Cultures of domination rely on the cultivation of fear as a way to ensure obedience.”

159. “Cultures of domination rely on the cultivation of fear as a way to ensure obedience.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “There will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as feminist ideas are understood only by a well-educated few.”

160. “There will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as feminist ideas are understood only by a well-educated few.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “I feel like there is always something trying to pull us back into sleep, that there is this sort of seductive quality in all the hedonistic pleasures that pull on us.”

161. “I feel like there is always something trying to pull us back into sleep, that there is this sort of seductive quality in all the hedonistic pleasures that pull on us.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “To be oppressed means to be deprived of your ability to choose.”

162. “To be oppressed means to be deprived of your ability to choose.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “The need for instant gratification is a component of greed.”

163. “The need for instant gratification is a component of greed.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “In truth, true love is all about work.”

164. “In truth, true love is all about work.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “I learned then that it is more fulfilling to live one’s life within a circle of love, interacting with loved ones to whole we are committed.”

165. “I learned then that it is more fulfilling to live one’s life within a circle of love, interacting with loved ones to whole we are committed.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “Fear is the primary force upholding structures of domination. It promotes the desire for separation, the desire not to be known. When we are taught that safety lies always with sameness, then difference, of any kind, will appear as a threat. When we choose to love we choose to move against fear – against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect – to find ourselves in the other.”

166. “Fear is the primary force upholding structures of domination. It promotes the desire for separation, the desire not to be known. When we are taught that safety lies always with sameness, then difference, of any kind, will appear as a threat. When we choose to love we choose to move against fear – against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect – to find ourselves in the other.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “Trust is the heartbeat of genuine love. And we trust that the attention our partners give friends, or vice versa, does not take anything away from us – we are not diminished. What we learn through experience is that our capacity to establish deep and profound connections in friendship strengthens all our intimate bonds.”

167. “Trust is the heartbeat of genuine love. And we trust that the attention our partners give friends, or vice versa, does not take anything away from us – we are not diminished. What we learn through experience is that our capacity to establish deep and profound connections in friendship strengthens all our intimate bonds.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “I have created a life style that supports contemplation, service to words.”

168. “I have created a life style that supports contemplation, service to words.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “Few people who are hit once by someone they love respond in the way they might to a singular physical assault by a stranger.”

169. “Few people who are hit once by someone they love respond in the way they might to a singular physical assault by a stranger.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “I think the number one thing Black women and all Black people should be paying attention to is our health.”

170. “I think the number one thing Black women and all Black people should be paying attention to is our health.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “Indeed, men who feel, who love, often hide their emotional awareness from other men for fear of being attacked and shamed. This is the big secret we all keep together – the fear of patriarchal maleness that binds everyone in our culture. We cannot love what we fear. That is why so many religious traditions teach us that there is no fear in love.”

171. “Indeed, men who feel, who love, often hide their emotional awareness from other men for fear of being attacked and shamed. This is the big secret we all keep together – the fear of patriarchal maleness that binds everyone in our culture. We cannot love what we fear. That is why so many religious traditions teach us that there is no fear in love.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “In our culture privacy is often confused with secrecy.”

172. “In our culture privacy is often confused with secrecy.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “Teachers of children see gender equality mostly in terms of ensuring that girls get to have the same privileges and rights as boys within the existing social structure; they do not see it in terms of granting boys the same rights as girls – for instance, the right to choose not to engage in aggressive or violent play, the right to play with dolls, to play dress up, to wear costumes of either gender, the right to choose.”

173. “Teachers of children see gender equality mostly in terms of ensuring that girls get to have the same privileges and rights as boys within the existing social structure; they do not see it in terms of granting boys the same rights as girls – for instance, the right to choose not to engage in aggressive or violent play, the right to play with dolls, to play dress up, to wear costumes of either gender, the right to choose.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “Feminism is a struggle to end sexist oppression. Therefore, it is necessarily a struggle to eradicate the ideology of domination that permeates Western culture on various levels.”

174. “Feminism is a struggle to end sexist oppression. Therefore, it is necessarily a struggle to eradicate the ideology of domination that permeates Western culture on various levels.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “Privilege is not in and of itself bad; what matters is what we do with privilege. I want to live in a world where all women have access to education, and all women can earn PhD’s, if they so desire. Privilege does not have to be negative, but we have to share our resources and take direction about how to use our privilege in ways that empower those who lack it.”

175. “Privilege is not in and of itself bad; what matters is what we do with privilege. I want to live in a world where all women have access to education, and all women can earn PhD’s, if they so desire. Privilege does not have to be negative, but we have to share our resources and take direction about how to use our privilege in ways that empower those who lack it.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “By naming sexism as the problem it went directly to the heart of the matter. Practically, it is a definition which implies that all sexist thinking and action is the problem, whether those who perpetuate it are female or male, child or adult.”

176. “By naming sexism as the problem it went directly to the heart of the matter. Practically, it is a definition which implies that all sexist thinking and action is the problem, whether those who perpetuate it are female or male, child or adult.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “We are often taught we have no control over our “feelings.” Yet most of us accept that we choose our actions, that intention and will inform what we do. We also accept that our actions have consequences.”

177. “We are often taught we have no control over our “feelings.” Yet most of us accept that we choose our actions, that intention and will inform what we do. We also accept that our actions have consequences.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “If you’re in a domestic situation where the man is violent, patriarchy and male domination – even though you understand it intersectionally – you focus, you highlight that dimension of it, if that’s what is needed to change the situation.”

178. “If you’re in a domestic situation where the man is violent, patriarchy and male domination – even though you understand it intersectionally – you focus, you highlight that dimension of it, if that’s what is needed to change the situation.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.”

179. “I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “I’ve written 18 books, mostly dealing with issues of social justice, ending racism, feminism, and cultural criticism.”

180. “I’ve written 18 books, mostly dealing with issues of social justice, ending racism, feminism, and cultural criticism.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “Part of the racialized sexism wants everyone to think that a 15-year old Mexican is not a girl, she’s a woman. We know she’s a girl. We can never emphasize this enough, because this is the fate of colored girls globally right now: the denial of their girlhood, the denial of their childhood, and the constant state of risk and danger they are living in.”

181. “Part of the racialized sexism wants everyone to think that a 15-year old Mexican is not a girl, she’s a woman. We know she’s a girl. We can never emphasize this enough, because this is the fate of colored girls globally right now: the denial of their girlhood, the denial of their childhood, and the constant state of risk and danger they are living in.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “Significantly, I am among those rare feminist theorists who believe that it is crucial for feminist movement to have as an overriding agenda ending all forms of violence.”

182. “Significantly, I am among those rare feminist theorists who believe that it is crucial for feminist movement to have as an overriding agenda ending all forms of violence.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.”

183. “I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “The willingness to sacrifice is a necessary dimension of loving practice and living in community. None of us can have things our way all the time. Giving up something is one way we sustain a commitment to the collective well-being. Our willingness to make sacrifices reflects our awareness of interdependency.”

184. “The willingness to sacrifice is a necessary dimension of loving practice and living in community. None of us can have things our way all the time. Giving up something is one way we sustain a commitment to the collective well-being. Our willingness to make sacrifices reflects our awareness of interdependency.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “I think one of the most wonderful books that Martin Luther King wrote was Strength to Love. I always liked it because of the word ‘strength,’ which counters the Western notion of love as easy. Instead, Martin Luther King said that you must have courage to love, that you have to have a profound will to do what is right to love, that it does not come easy.”

185. “I think one of the most wonderful books that Martin Luther King wrote was Strength to Love. I always liked it because of the word ‘strength,’ which counters the Western notion of love as easy. Instead, Martin Luther King said that you must have courage to love, that you have to have a profound will to do what is right to love, that it does not come easy.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “Every day, when I drink water or take a dish from the cupboard, I stand before this reminder that we yearn for love – that we seek it – even when we lack hope that it really can be found.”

186. “Every day, when I drink water or take a dish from the cupboard, I stand before this reminder that we yearn for love – that we seek it – even when we lack hope that it really can be found.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “I asked students once: “Why do you feel that the regard I extend to a particular student cannot also be extended to each of you? Why do you think there is not enough love or care to go around?”

187. “I asked students once: “Why do you feel that the regard I extend to a particular student cannot also be extended to each of you? Why do you think there is not enough love or care to go around?”

Bell Hooks Quote: “What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.”

188. “What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “Sexism has never rendered women powerless. It has either suppressed their strength or exploited it.”

189. “Sexism has never rendered women powerless. It has either suppressed their strength or exploited it.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “Whether we learn how to love ourselves and others will depend on the presence of a loving environment. Self-love cannot flourish in isolation.”

190. “Whether we learn how to love ourselves and others will depend on the presence of a loving environment. Self-love cannot flourish in isolation.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “In our rapidly changing society we can count on only two things that will never change. What will never change is the will to change and the fear of change. It is the will to change that motivates us to seek help. It is the fear of change that motivates us to resist the very help we seek. – Harriet Lerner, The Dance of Intimacy.”

191. “In our rapidly changing society we can count on only two things that will never change. What will never change is the will to change and the fear of change. It is the will to change that motivates us to seek help. It is the fear of change that motivates us to resist the very help we seek. – Harriet Lerner, The Dance of Intimacy.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.”

192. “When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “True love does have the power to redeem but only if we are ready for redemption.”

193. “True love does have the power to redeem but only if we are ready for redemption.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “The transformative power of love is not fully embraced in our society because we often wrongly believe that torment and anguish are our ‘natural’ condition.”

194. “The transformative power of love is not fully embraced in our society because we often wrongly believe that torment and anguish are our ‘natural’ condition.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “When men lie to women, presenting a false self, the terrible price they pay to maintain “power over” us is the loss of their capacity to give and receive love. Trust is the foundation of intimacy. When lies erode trust, genuine connection cannot take place. While men who dominate others can and do experience ongoing care, they place a barrier between themselves and the experience of love.”

195. “When men lie to women, presenting a false self, the terrible price they pay to maintain “power over” us is the loss of their capacity to give and receive love. Trust is the foundation of intimacy. When lies erode trust, genuine connection cannot take place. While men who dominate others can and do experience ongoing care, they place a barrier between themselves and the experience of love.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “Through the practice of compassion and forgiveness, I was able to sustain my appreciation for her work and cope with the grief and disappointment I felt about the loss of this relationship. Practicing compassion enabled me to understand why she might have acted as she did and to forgive her. Forgiving means that I am able to see her as a member of my community still, one who has a place in my heart should she wish to claim it.”

196. “Through the practice of compassion and forgiveness, I was able to sustain my appreciation for her work and cope with the grief and disappointment I felt about the loss of this relationship. Practicing compassion enabled me to understand why she might have acted as she did and to forgive her. Forgiving means that I am able to see her as a member of my community still, one who has a place in my heart should she wish to claim it.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “So many people turn to spiritual thinking only when they experience difficulties, hoping that the sorrow or pain will just miraculously disappear. Usually, they find that the place of suffering – the place where we are broken in spirit, when accepted and embraced, is also a place of peace and possibility. Our sufferings do not magically end; instead we are able to wisely alchemically recycle them. They become the abundant waste that we use to make new growth possible.”

197. “So many people turn to spiritual thinking only when they experience difficulties, hoping that the sorrow or pain will just miraculously disappear. Usually, they find that the place of suffering – the place where we are broken in spirit, when accepted and embraced, is also a place of peace and possibility. Our sufferings do not magically end; instead we are able to wisely alchemically recycle them. They become the abundant waste that we use to make new growth possible.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “Remember, care is a dimension of love, but simply giving care does not mean we are loving.”

198. “Remember, care is a dimension of love, but simply giving care does not mean we are loving.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “We cannot know love if we remain unable to surrender our attachment to power, if any feeling of vulnerability strikes terror in our hearts. Lovelessness torments.”

199. “We cannot know love if we remain unable to surrender our attachment to power, if any feeling of vulnerability strikes terror in our hearts. Lovelessness torments.”

Bell Hooks Quote: “There can be no love without justice. Until we live in a culture that no only respects but also upholds basic civil rights for children, most children will not know love.”

200. “There can be no love without justice. Until we live in a culture that no only respects but also upholds basic civil rights for children, most children will not know love.”

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