Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they’ve had forever. And they’ve been overrun by organized religion, which has had a lot of money and power.
ALICE WALKERI have a lot of faith in us. I have a lot of faith in humanity. It’s based, though, on my own life; I’ve come too far to be a pessimist.
More Alice Walker Quotes
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How we come into this world, how we are ushered in, met, and hopefully embraced upon arrival, impacts the whole of our time on earth.
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Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.
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I try to teach my heart not to want things it cant have.
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The earth is wise. It has given itself into the keeping of all, and all are therefore accountable.
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I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder.
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Creation is a sustained period of bliss.
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Men make war to get attention. All killing is an expression of self-hate.
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My parents taught me service – not by saying, but by doing. That was my culture, the culture of my family.
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I can be almost terminally grief-stricken because things are so dire, but at the same, there’s a real lightheartednes s about just the recoverability of life, of how things change, how they’re not the same, ever again.
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Wherever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared.
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Many people are aware that we are in peril and that there is no trustworthy leadership.
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I have a lot of faith in us. I have a lot of faith in humanity. It’s based, though, on my own life; I’ve come too far to be a pessimist.
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Activism pays the rent on being alive and being here on the planet.
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Progress’ affects few. Only revolution can affect many.
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Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul.
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