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

Quote by Alice Walker

Topics: Appearance Quotes, People Quotes

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.

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

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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.

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.

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

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

I try to teach my heart not to want things it can't have.

I try to teach my heart not to want things it can't have.

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

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 is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become...

It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become...

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...

Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.

Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.

Horses make a landscape look beautiful.

Horses make a landscape look beautiful.