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.

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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.

All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.

No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as...

No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 feel like there is always something trying to pull us back into sleep, that...

I feel like there is always something trying to pull us back into sleep, that...

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 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...