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Thinking Quotes by Alice Walker

54 Thinking quotes by Alice Walker

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God is inside you and inside everybody else. She reminds us that we each carry a divine spark and must decide for ourselves what is good. She says struggles are not unique, that we can feel each other’s emotions, and that we must fight our own battles.

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The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

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I don't know nothing, I think. And glad of it.

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I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder.

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I think America has always been polarized... It's a racist country and it has always been.

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

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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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I think colors are miraculous. We live in a universe that is extremely creative and magical. We become happier as we appreciate…

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Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they've had forever. And they've been overrun by organized…

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I think the War on Terror is really absurd, especially coming from a country that is founded on terrorism.

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I don't know if you actually get something out of writing poetry. I think poetry is an autonomous muse that decides to…

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The good news may be that Nature is phasing out the white man, but the bad news is that's who She thinks…

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You know, one race will not be a survivor if the other one dies, and that's something that we should think about.

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I think there is a sense of being forced at this time to look at America's really large shadow and that's not…

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What a burden to think one is conceived in sin rather than in pleasure; that one is born into evil rather than…

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I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ask. And that in wondering bout the big things and asking bout…

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You got to fight them, Celie, she say. I can't do it for you. You got to fight them for yourself. I…

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I'm entirely interested in people, and also other creatures and beings, but especially in people, and I tend to read them by…

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The harm that you do to others is the harm that you do to yourself and you cannot think then that you…

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In each of us, there is a little voice that knows exactly which way to go. And I learned very early to…

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I think that indigenous women's wisdom is crucial. So much of the care of the Earth has come from the mothers. I…

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You don't really stay attached to things. Life goes on, so you don't really sit around and think about how they are…

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The forest is the first cathedral. I felt that from the time I was a child. I credit my mother with that.…

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As for those who think the Arab world promises freedom, the briefest study of its routine traditional treatment of blacks (slavery) and…

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I'm very disappointed in Barack Obama. I was very much in support of him in the beginning, but I cannot support war.…

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If you don't have the ability or encouragement to use yourself in a physical way, you could become just another talking head.…

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I think mothers and daughters are meant to give birth to each other, over and over; that is why our challenges to…

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Listen, God love everything you love - and a mess of stuff you don't. But more than anything else, God love admiration.…

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I loved meditation. I love it because that's where you find what your voice is. You cannot really find it easily in…

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The earth is for joy, and dancing is a big part of that. And you dance with nature. Nature is always dancing.…

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I really think admiration for nature can save us. I mean true admiration, to the point of not letting it be harmed.

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I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it. People…

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I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That…

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It is chilling to think that the same people who persecuted the wise women and men of Europe, its midwives and healers,…

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The forest is the first cathedral. I felt that from the time I was a child. I credit my mother with that.…

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Man corrupt everything, say Shug. He on your box of grits, in your head, and all over the radio. He try to…

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I think if I could not get myself off my cushion, off my couch, or away from whatever I'm eating - or…

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To grow, to become spiritually alive, and vibrant, you really have to struggle. Without struggle, you do not move at all...I would…

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Anything that forces you to act at the possible harm of your own existence is going to exact a cost. You have…

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Laughter isn't even the other side of tears. It is tears turned inside out. Truly the suffering is great, here on earth.…

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I feel a little peculiar around the children. For one thing, they grown. And I see they think me and Nettie and…

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I gave my archive to Emory University because there's a really dear friend who teaches there, Rudolph Byrd, and he's the editor.

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.…

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“Only the sky above us do we hold in common.”

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“She saw poetry where other writers merely saw failure to cope with English.”

My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them.

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“As others might prepare for an exam whose subject matter is unknown to them, so I must study, cram, for every conversation with my…

The original crime of niggers and lesbians is that they prefer themselves.

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…

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…

The good news may be that Nature is phasing out the white man, but the bad news is that's who She thinks we all…

Humans - whatever billions we are - we don't have the control. We are considered expendable, basically.

All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my uncles. I had to fight my…