People who work hard often work too hard. ... May we learn to honor the hammock, the siesta, the nap and the pause in all its forms.

- Alice Walker

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

- Alice Walker

Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul.

- Alice Walker

I don’t need a certain number of friends, just a number of friends I can be certain of.

- Alice Walker

To acknowledge our ancestors means we are aware that we did not make ourselves, that the line stretches all the way back, perhaps to God; or to Gods.…

- Alice Walker

We should learn to accept that change is truly the only thing that's going on always, and learn to ride with it and enjoy it.

- Alice Walker

There is no graceful way to carry hatred.

- Alice Walker

'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.

- Alice Walker

Wherever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared.

- Alice Walker