Alice Walker Quotes, People Quotes, Heaven Quotes

We're going to have to debunk the myth that Africa is a heaven for black people -- especially black women. We've been the mule of the world there and the mule of the world here.

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God is different to us now, after all these years in Africa. More spirit than ever before, and more internal. Most people think he has to look like something or someone- a roofleaf or Christ- but we don't. And not being tied to what God looks like, frees us.

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HELPED are those who are shown the existence of the Creator's magic in the Universe; they shall experience delight and astonishment without ceasing.

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You know a little drink now and then never hurt nobody, but when you can't git started without asking the bottle, you in trouble.

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Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet.

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A burnt finger remember the fire.

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In my work and in myself I reflect black people, women and men, as I reflect others. One day even the most self-protective ones will look into the mirror I provide and not be afraid.

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Only dead people need loud music, you know.

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You're not here just to be a clone. You're not here to be a copy. We have enough of those. You don't have to apply. You don't even have to go there to be absolutely yourself - real, here, now, on this planet.

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It just seems clear to me that as long as we are all here, it's pretty clear that the struggle is to share the planet, rather than divide it.

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Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge.

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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, then crossed the oceans to Africa and the Americas and tortured and enslaved, raped, impoverished, and eradicated the peaceful, Christ-like people they found. And that the blueprint from which they worked, and still work, was the Bible.

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HELPED are those who laugh with a pure heart; theirs will be the company of the jolly righteous.

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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 we all are.

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Activism pays the rent on being alive and being here on the planet.

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HELPED are those whose ever act is a prayer for harmony in the Universe, for they are the restorers of balance to our planet. To them will be given the insight that every good act done anywhere in the cosmos welcomes the life of an animal or a child.

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Aside from the fact that they say it's unhealthy, my fat ain't never been no trouble. Mens always have loved me. My kids ain't never complained. Plus they's fat.

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

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For a long time, I thought I was ugly and disfigured. This made me shy and timid, and I often reacted to insults that were not intended.

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I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart.

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