Alice Walker Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.

Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.

Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet.

Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet.

Healing begins where the wound was made.

Healing begins where the wound was made.

When the axe came into the forest the trees said the handle is one of us.

When the axe came into the forest the trees said the handle is one of us.

What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears.

What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears.

In every life there comes a point when you have to make a decision about how you will live.

In every life there comes a point when you have to make a decision about how you will live.

we are the ones we have been waiting for

we are the ones we have been waiting for

Human compassion is equal to human cruelty, and it is up to each of us to tip the balance.

Human compassion is equal to human cruelty, and it is up to each of us to tip the balance.

If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for.

If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for.

Anything we love can be saved.

Anything we love can be saved.

Decide that you know what you think is good for you and go ahead and do it.

Decide that you know what you think is good for you and go ahead and do it.

Being happy is not the only happiness.

Being happy is not the only happiness.

Peace will come wherever it is sincerely invited.

Peace will come wherever it is sincerely invited.

A burnt finger remember the fire.

A burnt finger remember the fire.

Hard times require furious dancing. Each of us is proof.

Hard times require furious dancing. Each of us is proof.

A grown child is a dangerous thing.

A grown child is a dangerous thing.

Nature has created us with the capacity to know God, to experience God.

Nature has created us with the capacity to know God, to experience God.

The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'

The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'

Surely the earth can be saved by all the people who insist on love.

Surely the earth can be saved by all the people who insist on love.

Criticism is painful when it's not done with love.

Criticism is painful when it's not done with love.

You have to steal back yourself. You have to steal back your own mind. Meditation helps in that area.

You have to steal back yourself. You have to steal back your own mind. Meditation helps in that area.

The nature of this flower is to bloom.

The nature of this flower is to bloom.

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

Propaganda is amazing, people can be led to believe anything.

Propaganda is amazing, people can be led to believe anything.

As I get older, I realize that the thing I value the most is good-heartedness.

As I get older, I realize that the thing I value the most is good-heartedness.

Any God I ever found in church, I brought in myself.

Any God I ever found in church, I brought in myself.

Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.

Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.