858 Quotes by Alice Walker

The harm that you do to others is the harm that you do to yourself and you cannot think then that you can cause wars in other parts of the world and destroy people and drone them without this having a terrible impact on your own soul and your own consciousness.

Healing cannot be done by settling a score.

It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become than for the children one's 'mature' critics often are.

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

There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it is this that will sustain them through any spiritual or moral or physical devastation.

My work is about my life, and what I want to do with it.

It must become a right of every person to die of old age. And if we secure this right for ourselves, we can, coincidentally, assure it for the planet.

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

As far as a glass ceiling, I feel that all you can do is give it your absolute best with whatever gifts the universe has given you. And if you make it in some way that other people can recognize, that's fine. But even if you don't quote-unquote make it, you're fine if you've given it your whole heart and soul.