NUGGETS OF WISDOM - 553

 

• ·       “What gardening teaches us is that if you plant things, they’ll come up. But you have to be willing to wait for them to bear fruit because things are seasonal.” – Alice Walker

  ·       “All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world.” – Alice Walker

  ·       “Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to.” – Alice Walker

  ·       “Helped are those who are content to be themselves; they will never lack mystery in their lives and the joys of self-discovery will be constant.” – Alice Walker

  ·       “Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of their own conception and realize a partnership in the creation of the Universe that keeps them responsible and cheerful.” – Alice Walker

  ·       “I think writing really helps you heal yourself. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame.” – Alice Walker

  ·       “Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn’t matter. I’m not sure a bad person can write a good book. If art doesn’t make us better, then what on earth is it for.” – Alice Walker

  ·       “This is a wonderful planet, and it is being completely destroyed by people who have too much money and power and no empathy.” – Alice Walker

  ·       “We must, I believe, start teaching our children the sanity of nonviolence much earlier.” – Alice Walker