Alice WalkerThinkers

Abortion is at once an experience of extraordinary suffering, an act of mercy, and an act of self-defense.

The Animal is not made for us, or our use, rather they have their own use, which is just being who they are.

Appearance is an obstacle to growth. To avoid the appearance of foolishness, people are willing to remain actually fools.

The Artist is a messenger whose responsibility is to unite the world -- a faith that will lead not to destruction but to transformation.

An Attack is not a thing always requiring a response. Helped are those too busy living to respond when they are wrongfully attacked.

Beauty is a thing which to create around yourself is to restore your soul.

Capitalism is problematic in that it is the idea that we'll keep buying and selling things until there's nothing else to buy and sell, which means gobbling up the planet.

A Church is often the only place one can go to find peace and quiet, but it shouldn't be confused with connecting with one's spirit.

Church is not God's residence. Any God we find there, we bring in ourselves.

The Civil rights movement is triumphant for the fact that when one travels through the South today, one does not feel overwhelmed by a residue of grievance and hate.

Creation is a sustained period of bliss.

Creation is the reliving of the thrill of their own conception and involves the realization of a partnership in the creation of the Universe that keeps them responsible and cheerful.