1,440 Quotes by maya angelou

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.

Martin Luther King was a human being with a brilliant mind, a powerful heart, and insight, and courage and also with a sense of humor. So he was accessible.

No one has ever become poor from giving.

I believe that people want the scent of love, more than anything else. And I don't mean sentimentality, I don't mean mush. I mean that idea, that human beings are more alike than we are different. And that means that I can love you. I don't mean support you in bad things you do, that I can understand because you're a human being.

I keep on dying, Because I love to live

I am a woman phenomenally, phenomenal woman that is your grandmother, that is your mother, that is your sister, that is you and that is me.

My son is the best thing that ever happened to me. And through me - to a lot of people.

It's good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for awhile their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers.

Don't hesitate to learn the most painful aspects of our history, understand it.