People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only some people progress. The rest of the people don't.

Quote by Alice Walker

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For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down...

For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down...

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.

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...

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is...

Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is...

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.

Activism is my rent for living on this planet.

Activism is my rent for living on this planet.

Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get...

Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get...

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 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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

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...

Horses make a landscape look beautiful

Horses make a landscape look beautiful

A good horse should be seldom spurred

A good horse should be seldom spurred

If you have seen nothing but the beauty of their markings and limbs, their true...

If you have seen nothing but the beauty of their markings and limbs, their true...

A horse loves freedom, and the weariest old work horse will roll on the ground...

A horse loves freedom, and the weariest old work horse will roll on the ground...