858 Quotes by Alice Walker

There is no graceful way to carry hatred.

allowing freedom to others brings freedom to ourselves.

Howard Zinn was magical as a teacher. Witty, irreverent, and wise, he loved what he was teaching and clearly wanted his students to love it, also.

Some writers sit down without a thought of what they are going to say, and they go through draft after draft.

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.

Many people are aware that we are in peril and that there is no trustworthy leadership.

In the summer of 1966, I went to Mississippi to be in the heart of the civil-rights movement, helping people who had been thrown off the farms or taken off the welfare roles for registering to vote. While working there, I met the civil-rights lawyer I later married - we became an interracial couple.

As I get older, I realize that the thing I value the most is good-heartednes s.

My life is not to be somebody else's impact - you know what I mean?