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.

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It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that...

It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that...

Some people act as though art that is for a mass audience is not good...

Some people act as though art that is for a mass audience is not good...

We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think...

We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think...

The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the...

The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the...

What had begun as a movement to free all black people from racist oppression became...

What had begun as a movement to free all black people from racist oppression became...

Death is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move...

Death is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move...

Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of...

Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of...

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody...

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody...

When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to...

When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to...

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for...

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for...

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for...

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for...

Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist...

Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist...

The capacity to love is tied to being able to be awake, to being able...

The capacity to love is tied to being able to be awake, to being able...

I thought about how we need to make children feel that there are times in...

I thought about how we need to make children feel that there are times in...

Yesterday I was thinking about the whole idea of genius and creative people, and the...

Yesterday I was thinking about the whole idea of genius and creative people, and the...

The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The...

The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The...

I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is...

I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is...

I have been thinking about the notion of perfect love as being without fear, and...

I have been thinking about the notion of perfect love as being without fear, and...

I'm so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can only read women,...

I'm so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can only read women,...

I'm such a girl for the living room. I really like to stay in my...

I'm such a girl for the living room. I really like to stay in my...