Bell Hooks Quotes

I'm more married to Sandy now than when we were married with the legal document. We're still married as parents.

For me to stay healthy in a relationship, the individuals have to nurture themselves.

Take care of yourselves, and each other.

Do not believe yourself healthy. Immortality is health; this life is a long sickness.

I feel healthy, I feel happy.

And whether or not we had now paid our dues, he was my blessing, and I was his.

Only you and I can help the sun rise each coming morning. If we don't, it may drench itself out in sorrow.

That was the very heart of friendship...your willingness to help each other in a jam, to take a friend's problems as your very own.

As you would expect, the loss of freedom and the lack of privacy are extremely difficult... I want you to know that I am well. I am safe, fit and healthy.

I believe that we're only as strong as our neighbor is, and the idea that, I'm my brother's keeper works for me.

There is no desire that anyone holds for any other reason than that they believe they will feel better in the achievement of it. Whether it is a material object, a physical state of being, a relationship, a condition, or a circumstance - at the heart of every desire is the desire to feel good. And so, the standard of success in life is not the things or the money - the standard of success is absolutely the amount of joy you feel.

Only a system in which all parts flourish is holistic.

I believe four ingredients are necessary for happiness: health, warm personal relations, sufficient means to keep you from want, and successful work.

What I remember the most about my childhood is constant fear and "good food." I don't want to get into the greasy, buttery, deep-fried, fatty, sugary, meaty, barbecued details here, but with no knowledge of healthy lifestyles or positive psychology, time took its toll on me.

Everybody need a partner to stand right by their side. Not only down for the good times. But also down through the bad times.

I don't believe in this fairy tale of staying together for ever. Ten years with somebody is enough. In ten years, you can give a lot of love.

It's not healthy to live life as a succession of isolated little cool moments.

In a society that functions optimally, those who can should naturally want to provide for those who can't. That's how it's designed to work. I truly believe we're here to take care of one another.

From what I've been able to figure out, all of us are here together and we need one another. We must celebrate each other's differences. Learning to ask for help is as important as learning the value of helping other people. I believe all the people in my life have been there for a reason, and I hope I have been in theirs for a reason as well. It's taken me a while, but I feel truly blessed. After all is said and done, I love life, I love people, and I love being me.

The greatest gift you can give somebody is your own personal development. I used to say, "If you will take care of me, I will take care of you. "Now I say, I will take care of me for you, if you will take care of you for me.

I think the best partner for you is someone who makes you want to be the best form of yourself.

The creative, loving-something life is also the healthy one. There is healing and protection in doing what makes you happy.

It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love.

You've got to love yourself first, and until you value yourself enough and love yourself enough to know that, you can't really have a healthy relationship.