“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.”
— Maya Angelou
“The needs of a society determine its ethics.”
— Maya Angelou
“When I’m writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we’re capable of, how we feel, how we lose and stand up, and go on from darkness into darkness.”
— Maya Angelou
“I know when it's the best I can do. It may not be the best there is. Another writer may do it much better. But I know when it’s the best I can do.”
— Maya Angelou
“There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.”
— Maya Angelou
“At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.”
— Maya Angelou
“Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.”
— Maya Angelou
“We delight in the beauty of butterfly, rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
— Maya Angelou
“I am capable of what every other human is capable of. This is one of the great lessons of war and life.”
— Maya Angelou
“Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.”
— Maya Angelou
“Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.”
— Maya Angelou
“Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.”
— Maya Angelou
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”
— Maya Angelou