For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged.

Quote by Alice Walker

Topics: Fear Quotes

The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that...

The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that...

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.

Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.

Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.

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...

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

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

People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are...

People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are...

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

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

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,...

Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.

Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.

The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.

The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.

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

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

People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are...

People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are...

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...

The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout

The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout

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...

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.

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...

This could be our revolution to love what is...plentiful as much as whats scarce.

This could be our revolution to love what is...plentiful as much as whats scarce.

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

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

All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole....

All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole....