How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names. Alice Walker Mom
No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. Alice Walker Friendship
I'm not convinced that women have the education or the sense of their own history enough or that they understand the cruelty of which men are capable and the delight that many men will take in seeing you choose to chain yourself - then they get to say 'See, you did it yourself.' Alice Walker Education
Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it. Alice Walker Death
Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness. Alice Walker Poetry
I understood at a very early age that in nature, I felt everything I should feel in church but never did. Walking in the woods, I felt in touch with the universe and with the spirit of the universe. Alice Walker Age
Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom. Alice Walker Family
Most damage that others do us is out of fear, humiliation and pain. Those feelings occur in all of us, not just in those of us who profess a certain religious or racial devotion. Alice Walker Fear
You know how big love is? Love is big. love can hold anger; love can even hold hatred. Alice Walker Anger
Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me. Alice Walker Mom
The infinite faith I have in people's ability to understand anything that makes sense has always been justified, finally, by their behavior. Alice Walker Faith
Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself. Alice Walker Happiness
If we want to fight people in the world, we should fight them with pillows - pillows stuffed with food, medicine, music... That would be so much cheaper than bombs. Alice Walker Food
I made my first white women friends in college; they loved me and were loyal to our friendship, but I understood, as they did, that they were white women and that whiteness mattered. Alice Walker Friendship
For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged. Alice Walker Freedom
This is a wonderful planet, and it is being completely destroyed by people who have too much money and power and no empathy. Alice Walker Money
'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding. Alice Walker Thankful
This is a wonderful planet, and it is being completely destroyed by people who have too much money and power and no empathy. Alice Walker Power