I think the number one thing Black women and all Black people should be paying attention to is our health. – 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
Death is with you all the time you get deeper in it as you move towards it, but its not unfamiliar to you. Its always been there, so what becomes unfamiliar to you when you pass away from the moment is really life. – Bell Hooks
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