Helped are those who are content to be themselves; they will never lack mystery in their lives and the joys of self-discovery… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Men make war to get attention. All killing is an expression of self-hate. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Meditation is like the cloak of the good thief. You find a corner or somewhere where you can actually entertain your own… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I think that I do feel that my nature is to express what this self, this particular self at this time, experiences… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
In my work and in myself I reflect black people, women and men, as I reflect others. One day even the most… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Abortion, for many women, is more than an experience of suffering beyond anything most men will ever know, it is an act… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Storytelling, you know, has a real function. The process of the storytelling is itself a healing process, partly because you have someone… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Always with me was the inner twin: my true nature, my true self. It is timeless, free, compassionate and in love with… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I am not interested in being a role model, or in fulfilling the expectations of others. I know I am of most… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
When life descends into the pit I must become my own candle Willingly burning my self To light up the darkness around… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I find it difficult to feel responsible for the suffering of others. That's why I find war so hard to bear. It's… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Love yourself. Just love yourself. In fact, the love of the self cures every kind of problem you have with yourself. For… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I gave my archive to Emory University because there's a really dear friend who teaches there, Rudolph Byrd, and he's the editor. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Just be what it is that you are, and that is just fine. You don't have to be what you're not in any way.… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“Remember this-- say it & know it is true: Alice loves me Alice loves me and I am not blamed for this. ... she… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“Why aren't you happy in America, if everyone there drives motorcars?” — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“She saw poetry where other writers merely saw failure to cope with English.” — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Helped are those who are content to be themselves; they will never lack mystery in their lives and the joys of self-discovery will be… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“As others might prepare for an exam whose subject matter is unknown to them, so I must study, cram, for every conversation with my… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
The original crime of niggers and lesbians is that they prefer themselves. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Many readers fail to realize this, but 'The Color Purple' is a theological text. It is about the reclamation of one's original God: the… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
