Many spiritual teachers – in Buddhism, in Islam – have talked about first-hand experience of the world as an important part of the path to wisdom, to enlightenment. – Bell Hooks
No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women… When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women. – Bell Hooks
I have been thinking about the notion of perfect love as being without fear, and what that means for us in a world thats becoming increasingly xenophobic, tortured by fundamentalism and nationalism. – Bell Hooks
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? – Bell Hooks
I was in choir in school. I kind of just did it. I already knew I wanted to sing. My music program in my school wasnt really great – people didnt really want to be part of the choir, they didnt want to do the plays and stuff like that. It definitely wasnt the cool thing to do. – Lea Michele
The fans know whats happened to me over the past couple of years. I lost my family. I pretty much got devastated financially and the fans know that Ive had some hard times – and thats the nature of loyal fans. They want to see the people that they love and believe in get back on their feet. – Hulk Hogan