we are the ones we have been waiting for

we are the ones we have been waiting for

Alice Walker

A grown child is a dangerous thing.

A grown child is a dangerous thing.

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

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

A burnt finger remember the fire.

A burnt finger remember the fire.

Peace will come wherever it is sincerely invited.

Peace will come wherever it is sincerely invited.

Being happy is not the only happiness.

Being happy is not the only happiness.

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.

Anything we love can be saved.

Anything we love can be saved.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Healing begins where the wound was made.

Healing begins where the wound was made.

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

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

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.

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn from it.

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn from it.

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

Monet is only an eye, but my God, what an eye!

Monet is only an eye, but my God, what an eye!