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 WALKERMy parents taught me service – not by saying, but by doing. That was my culture, the culture of my family.
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 think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder.
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My heart hurt so much I can’t believe it. How can it keep beating, feeling like this?
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Wherever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared.
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My God is not a religious God. My God is nature, my God is everything there is. That’s God. Everything is God. I’m a child of that.
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We writers – we’re the snowflakes of the literary world. We each have our own shape.
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You can’t send me anywhere that I wouldn’t be happy to go. You’d be surprised as to how that lightens the heart.
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Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.
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Revolt is the mirror in which greed is forced to see itself.
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Expecting anything, living frugally in surprise.
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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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Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say.
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I know what I’m thinking bout, I think. Nothing. And as much of it as I can.
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It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all.
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