In my opinion and experience, imperialists of all nations and races will tell us anything to keep us fighting. For them. Alice Walker More Quotes by Alice Walker More Quotes From Alice Walker My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them. Alice Walker mother-and-daughter daughter mother She thought of how precious it was to be able to know another person over many years. There was incomparable richness in it. Alice Walker richness able years I had assumed that the Earth, the spirit of the Earth, noticed exceptions-those who wantonly damage it and those who do not. But the Earth is wise. It has given itself into the keeping of all, and all are therefore accountable. Alice Walker earth-day damage wise Well, capitalism is a big problem, because with capitalism you're just going to keep buying and selling things until there's nothing else to buy and sell, which means gobbling up the planet. Alice Walker selling-things buying mean How we come into this world, how we are ushered in, met, and hopefully embraced upon arrival, impacts the whole of our time on earth. Alice Walker time-on-earth impact world Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence. Alice Walker sin violence writing I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart. Alice Walker happy-valentines-day heart love Propaganda is amazing, Alice Walker propaganda believe people Every soul is to be cherished, every flower is to bloom. Alice Walker flower soul Horses make a landscape look beautiful. Alice Walker horse inspiration beautiful All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract; or, in any case, one must not allow them to do so. Experience adds to experience. Alice Walker movement understanding add So the best thing is to really work on yourself and opening your own heart and just letting all that stuff [worrying] go. And it is possible. It's sometimes takes a lot of time; it's not easy. And a lot of sitting with yourself and trying to work with your own heart. Alice Walker worry heart trying Always with me was the inner twin: my true nature, my true self. It is timeless, free, compassionate and in love with whatever is natural to me Alice Walker twins self natural I've found, in my own writing, that a little hatred, keenly directed, is a useful thing. Alice Walker hatred writing littles People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools. Alice Walker literature wish people Now there are heavy houses everywhere and more of them are being built. In fact, it is only when more houses are being constructed that some countries consider their economics healthy. Yet each house is a heavy footprint on the Earth. Just as all our possessions represent-if we cannot learn ways of sharing them-a weight and clutter that often means the faces of future generations will look up into darkness and the pressure on the Earth of "things." Alice Walker house mean country People are called 'stars' not only because they shine... because the qualities they exemplify are... eternal. We are attracted to their sparkle, their warmth, their light, but they will be forever distant from us. So distant we can never quite believe our inseparability. Never quite believe that we are also composed of the light they have. Alice Walker stars light believe I love my own culture. I love my African-American culture very deeply, and I know it deserves to be honored. You have to be aware that people are suffering unjustly, and given our own history we have a duty to stand for the people who are being treated like our parents and grandparents and children were treated. Alice Walker grandparent children people As I get older, I realize that the thing I value the most is good-heartednes s. Alice Walker values realizing In search of my mother's garden, I found my own. Alice Walker parenting garden mother