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Helped are those who forgive their reward shall be forgetfulness of every evil done to them. It will be in their power, therefore, to envision the new Earth. -----“The Gospel According to Shug

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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
Actor
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The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.
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I am not convinced that men and women were ever meant to share the same house, though some people can do it beautifully.
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no person is your friend (or kin) who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow and be perceived as fully blossomed as you were intended. Or who belittles in any fashion the gifts you labor so to bring into the world.
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HELPED are those who lose their fear of death theirs is the power to envision the future in a blade of grass.
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I was distressed that after 9/11, when the United States was attacked by terrorists, the United States' response was to attack Afghanistan, where some of the terrorists had been.
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Yoga means to bind back, unite. To bring the body and the soul together. For this reason the practice of yoga is a holy endeavor and the teaching of it to our people a very high calling.
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The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.
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You can't truly have an open heart until it's been broken.
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I'm mad about the waste that happens when people who love each other can't even bring themselves to talk.
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Whenever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared. I have been helped, supported, encouraged and nurtured by people of all races, creeds, colors and dreams.
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My work is about my life, and what I want to do with it.
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She was so quiet. So reflective. And she could erase herself, her spirit, with a swiftness that truly startled, when she knew the people around her could not respect it.
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Never be the only one, except, possibly, in your own home.
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He beat me like he beat the children. Cept he don't never hardly beat them. He say, Celie, git the belt. The children be outside the room peeking through the cracks. It all I can do not to cry. I make myself wood. I say to myself, Celie, you a tree. That's how come I know trees fear man.
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You don't need organized religion to connect with the universe. Often a church is the only place you can go to find peace and quiet... But it shouldn't be confused with connecting with one's spirit.
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Dear God...I have always been a good girl. Maybe you can give me a sign letting me know what is happening to me.
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