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

Quote by Alice Walker

Topics: Death And Dying Quotes, Pacifism Quotes

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...

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.

To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she is the...

To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she is the...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and...

Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and...

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...

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....