Glory falls around us as we sob a dirge of desolation on the Cross Maya Angelou More Quotes by Maya Angelou More Quotes From Maya Angelou When I try to describe myself to God I say, 'Lord, remember me? Black? Female? Six-foot tall? The writer?' And I almost always get God's attention. Maya Angelou black feet trying Now, after years of observation and enough courage to admit what I have observed, I try to plant peace if I do not want discord; to plant loyalty and honesty if I want to avoid betrayal and lies. Maya Angelou honesty loyalty inspirational No not me go find someone else to bring down Maya Angelou survival Nothing hurts more than realizing they meant everything to you, but you meant nothing to them. Maya Angelou sad-love realizing hurt To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat of eternal indecision. Few, if any, survive their teens. Most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of adult conformity. It becomes easier to die and avoid conflict than to maintain a constant battle with the superior forces of maturity. Maya Angelou maturity battle inspirational I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life. Maya Angelou another-life grateful done We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike. Maya Angelou human-beings humans inspirational Everybody is worth everything. Maya Angelou I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. Maya Angelou positivity home travel In the 16th century, [Niccolò] Machiavelli - in an attempt to get back in the good graces of the powerful - wrote a slim volume called The Prince. In that book he showed the powers that be how to control the people. That book is a statement: separate and rule, divide and conquer. That's five hundred years ago and it still works, because we allow ourselves to be lead around with holes through our noses. Maya Angelou powerful book years The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself. Maya Angelou real overcoming thinking Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise. Maya Angelou hope dream inspirational There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing. Maya Angelou knowing-nothing life-lesson believe It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it. Maya Angelou struggle rights positive Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning. Maya Angelou voice positive mean 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. Maya Angelou important mean negative To those who have given up on love: I say, "Trust life a little bit. Maya Angelou i-hate-you aging littles When I am 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. I'm trying for that. But I'm also trying for the language. I'm trying to see how it can really sound. Maya Angelou pain real inspiring A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent. Maya Angelou truth morning love Step off the road. Build yourself a brand new path. Maya Angelou brands path steps
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