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teeraksamur · 3 years
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“Tis not looks that make a heroine, Jane. ’Tis spirit, and strength of mind, and bravery.”
— Who's That Earl: An Exciting & Witty Regency Love Story (Love and Let Spy Book 1) by Susanna Craig
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teeraksamur · 3 years
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“When it comes to lovemaking, imagination is the most important bit of all.”
— Who's That Earl: An Exciting & Witty Regency Love Story (Love and Let Spy Book 1) by Susanna Craig
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teeraksamur · 3 years
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A good answer, the right answer, should be based on evidence.
—Thich Nhat Hahn, The Art of Living
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teeraksamur · 3 years
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Spirituality is not religion. It is a path for us to generate happiness, understanding, and love, so we can live deeply each moment of our life.
—Thich Nhat Hahn, The Art of Living
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teeraksamur · 3 years
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Love in action is always about service, what we do to enhance spiritual growth.
— bell hooks, all about love
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teeraksamur · 3 years
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Worship of individualism has in part led us to the unhealthy culture of narcissism that is so all pervasive in our society.
—bell hooks, all about love
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teeraksamur · 3 years
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Growing up is, at heart, the process of learning to take responsibility for whatever happens in your life. To choose growth is to embrace a love that heals.
—bell hooks, all about love
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teeraksamur · 3 years
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Death is always there to remind us that our plans are transitory. By learning to love, we learn to accept change. Without change, we cannot grow. Our will to grow in spirit and truth is how we stand before life and death, ready to choose life.
—bell hooks, all about love
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teeraksamur · 3 years
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Accepting death with love means we embrace the reality of the unexpected, of experiences over which we have no control. Love empowers us to surrender.
—bell hooks, all about love
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teeraksamur · 3 years
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Men who want to love and do not know how must first come to voice, must learn to let their hearts speak—and then to speak truth. Choosing to be fully honest, to reveal ourselves, is risky. The experience of true love gives us the courage to risk.
—bell hooks, all about love
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teeraksamur · 3 years
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it is more fulfilling to live one’s life within a circle of love, interacting with loved ones to whom we are committed.
—bell hook, all about love
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teeraksamur · 3 years
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All too often women believe it is a sign of commitment, an expression of love, to endure unkindness or cruelty, to forgive and forget. In actuality, when we love rightly we know that the healthy, loving response to cruelty and abuse is putting ourselves out of harm’s way.
—bell hooks, all about love
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teeraksamur · 3 years
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Learning to love in friendships empowers us in ways that enable us to bring this love to other interactions with family or with romantic bonds.
—bell hooks, all about love
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teeraksamur · 3 years
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To live our lives based on the principles of a love ethic (showing care, respect, knowledge, integrity, and the will to cooperate), we have to be courageous.
—bell hooks, all about love
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teeraksamur · 3 years
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Being aware enables us to critically examine our actions to see what is needed so that we can give care, be responsible, show respect, and indicate a willingness to learn.
—bell hooks, all about love
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teeraksamur · 3 years
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The choice to love is a choice to connect—to find ourselves in the other.
—bell hooks, all about love
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teeraksamur · 3 years
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The light of love is always in us, no matter how cold the flame.
—bell hooks, all about love
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