Knowledge rooted in experience shapes what we value and as a consequence how we know what we know as well as how we use what we know.

If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.

I celebrate teaching that enables transgressions - a movement against and beyond boundaries. It is that movement which makes education the practice of freedom.

Time and time again when I talk to individuals about approaching love with will and intentionality, I hear the fear expressed that this will bring an end to romance. This is simply not so. Approaching romantic love from foundation of care, knowledge, and respect actually intensifies romance

I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.

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

Had middle class black women begun a movement in which they had labeled themselves "oppressed," no one would have taken them seriously.