How anyone cannot see that Nature is God is amazing to me: that they'd rather worship something that can only exist, really, in their own minds.

Be compassionate to everyone. Don't just search for whatever it is that annoys and frightens you-see beyond those things to the basic human being. Especially see the child in the man or woman. Even if they are destroying you, allow a moment to see how lost in their own delusion and suffering they are.

Be an outcast. Be pleased to walk alone.

The earth is for joy, and dancing is a big part of that. And you dance with nature. Nature is always dancing. If you're not harassing it and killing it and mutilating it, nature is dancing. That's what the leaves are doing when the wind blows through them. We live in a magical wonderful universe. And just spoil it while thinking we can at some point go to heaven or some other planet.

Writing about people helps us to understand them, and understanding them helps us to accept them as part of ourselves.

Oh, Celie, unbelief is a terrible thing. And so is the hurt we cause others unknowingly.

I'm mad about the waste that happens when people who love each other can't even bring themselves to talk.