17 Quotes Tagged: our-shared-shelf

"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."

Self-acceptance is hard for many of us. There is a voice inside that is constantly judging, first ourselves and then others.

The heart of justice is truth telling, seeing ourselves and the world the way it is rather than the way we want to be.

If we were constantly remembering that love is as love does, we would not use the word in a manner that devalues and degrades it's meaning.

To be loving is to be open to grief, to be touched by sorrow, even sorrow that is unending.

Love allows us to confront these negative realities in a manner that is life-affirming and life enhancing.

A love ethic presupposes that everyone has the right to be free, to live fully and well.

Spirituality and spiritual life gives us the strength to love.

"Go," she whispered. "Go. Show them you spell your name W-O-M-A-N."

As feminism has changed academia by enlarging what is taught, academia has sometimes changed feminism.

Refusal to stand up for what you believe in weakens individual morality and ethics as well as those of the culture.

Don't write when you're angry and under deadline, with time to test it only on friends who know what you mean, not on strangers who don't.

"Embracing love ethic means that we utilize all dimensions of love — "care, commitment, trust, responsibility, respect and knowledge" — in our everyday lives."

Being loving does not mean we will not be betrayed. Love helps up face betrayal without losing heart. And it renews our spirit so we can love again.

All awakening to love is spiritual awakening