Activism is my rent for living on this planet.

Quote by Alice Walker

Topics: Civil Rights Quotes

I'm always amazed that people will actually choose to sit in front of the television...

I'm always amazed that people will actually choose to sit in front of the television...

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure...

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure...

Nature has a funny way of breaking what does not bend

Nature has a funny way of breaking what does not bend

In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.

In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.

Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of...

Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of...

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure...

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure...

It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by...

It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by...

The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.

The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.

There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it...

There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it...

It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get...

It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get...

Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the...

Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the...

Never be the only one, except, possibly, in your own home.

Never be the only one, except, possibly, in your own home.

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

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

The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'

The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'

Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You...

Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You...

How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are,...

How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are,...

Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.

Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.

Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me.

Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me.

In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.

In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.

Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.

Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.