The earth is wise. It has given itself into the keeping of all, and all are therefore accountable.
ALICE WALKERThe earth is wise. It has given itself into the keeping of all, and all are therefore accountable.
ALICE WALKERI think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, some daily way, figure out how to see people differently than the way we were brought up to.
ALICE WALKERExpecting anything, living frugally in surprise.
ALICE WALKERJust because I don’t harass it like some peoples us know don’t mean I ain’t got religion.
ALICE WALKERYou’re not here just to be a clone. You’re not here to be a copy. We have enough of those. You don’t have to apply. You don’t even have to go there to be absolutely yourself – real, here, now, on this planet.
ALICE WALKERThe original crime of niggers and lesbians is that they prefer themselves.
ALICE WALKERPeople will say to you, “Oh, you are fearless.” That is so not true. We should stop saying that about people. It’s a slander, really.
ALICE WALKERHow sad now never to see men holding hands, while everywhere one looks they are holding guns.
ALICE WALKERPoetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.
ALICE WALKERI see children, all children, as humanity’s most precious resource, because it will be to them that the care of the planet will always be left.
ALICE WALKERMen make war to get attention. All killing is an expression of self-hate.
ALICE WALKERWhenever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared. I have been helped, supported, encouraged and nurtured by people of all races, creeds, colors and dreams.
ALICE WALKEROne thing that never ceases to amaze me, along with the growth of vegetation from the earth and of hair from the head, is the growth of understanding.
ALICE WALKERHow we come into this world, how we are ushered in, met, and hopefully embraced upon arrival, impacts the whole of our time on earth.
ALICE WALKERWhoever you are, whatever you are, start with that, whether salt of the earth or only white sugar.
ALICE WALKERIt matters to me that I feel loved by the universe – and I do.
ALICE WALKER