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“Anything that forces you to act at the possible harm of your own existence is going to exact a cost. You have to then think about, "Can I pay this? What will this mean to me - to my relationships, to my family, to everybody? What is this going to take? How much of me is this going to take?"”

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Alice Walker

Alice Walker is a renowned American author born on February 9, 1944. Her works are known for their profound social criticism and feminist ideas, with notable titles including 'The Color Purple' and 'Beloved'. more

“What I've seen from keeping in touch as well as I can is that what I find so typical in Mexican culture is the helpfulness of the people to each other. I think, at this point, that is the highest good and the highest we can hope for - which is to be of help and use to each other wherever we are.”

People Thinking Wells I Can Helping Use Culture Highest Typical Mexican Helpfulness Mexican Culture

Author:Alice Walker

“I loved meditation. I love it because that's where you find what your voice is. You cannot really find it easily in this culture. This culture is the noisiest culture ever, ever. I think the damage that it has done to people is in that realm of silencing them. They are overwhelmed by gadgets. They don't know what to think because they're so heavily programmed about what it is that they should want and should think.”

People Thinking Knows Want Should Done Culture Voice Meditation Realms Damage Overwhelmed Gadgets Silencing

Author:Alice Walker

“You have to steal back yourself. You have to steal back your own mind. Meditation helps in that area.”

Mind Helping Meditation Areas Stealing

Author:Alice Walker

“Meditation is like the cloak of the good thief. You find a corner or somewhere where you can actually entertain your own self and your own soul, and understand what your work [is] here.”

Soul Self Meditation Corners Thieves Cloaks

Author:Alice Walker