I don't know nothing, I think. And glad of it.

I can spend two hours grubbing about in my garden, dazed with pleasure and intent, and it feels like five minutes.

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.

Well, capitalism is a big problem, because with capitalism you're just going to keep buying and selling things until there's nothing else to buy and sell, which means gobbling up the planet.

I feel a little peculiar around the children. For one thing, they grown. And I see they think me and Nettie and Shug and Albert and Samuel and Harpo and Sofia and Jack and Odessa real old and don't know much what going on. But I don't think us feel old at all. And us so happy. Matter of fact, I think this the youngest us ever felt.

I am not convinced that men and women were ever meant to share the same house, though some people can do it beautifully.

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