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

Quote by Alice Walker

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My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them.

My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them.

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...

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress,...

People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress,...

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for...

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for...

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

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

Horses make a landscape look beautiful

Horses make a landscape look beautiful

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world.

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world.

And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the...

And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the...

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

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

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.

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a...

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a...

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.

What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears.

What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears.

Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.

Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.

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...

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

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

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?'

I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and...

I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and...

The trouble with our people is as soon as they got out of slavery they...

The trouble with our people is as soon as they got out of slavery they...