1,440 Quotes by maya angelou

Being free is being able to accept people for what they are, and not try to understand all they are or be what they are.

The truth is very important. No matter how negative it is, it is imperative that you learn the truth, not necessarily the facts. I mean, that, that can come, but facts can stand in front of the truth and almost obscure the truth. It is imperative that students learn the truth of our history.

Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age.

I always knew from that moment, from the time I found myself at home in that little segregated library in the South, all the way up until I walked up the steps of the New York City library, I always felt, in any town, if I can get to a library, I'll be okay. It really helped me as a child, and that never left me. So I have a special place for every library, in my heart of hearts.

We are the victims of the world's most comprehensive robbery. Life demands a balance. It's all right if we do a little robbing now.

The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library

While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man.

You don't want modesty, you want humility. Humility comes from inside out. It says someone was here before me and I'm here because I've been paid for. I have something to do and I will do that because I'm paying for someone else who has yet to come.

My hope is that we develop enough courage to develop courage. To try to have, try to learn to treat each other fairly, with generosity and kindness.