I thought if war did not include killing, I'd like to see one every year. Maya Angelou More Quotes by Maya Angelou More Quotes From Maya Angelou As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else. Maya Angelou get-wellnaturehealing You only are free when you realize you belong no place - you belong every place - no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great. Maya Angelou loving-lifethoughtfulinspiring Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift. Maya Angelou love-lifephilosophyart To know and not to do is in fact not to know. We need to be active instruments against evil. We need to do. Maya Angelou evilfactsneeds When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness... all the good things. Maya Angelou laughterblessinghappiness I'm convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. Maya Angelou convincedlatedone I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Maya Angelou girlinspirationallove Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude. Maya Angelou gratitudelonelyattitude Sometimes guns really matter. Protecting those who need protection - children, women, minorities in rough parts of town, old folks living in places where cops aren't nearby. Guns are true empowerment for the powerless. Maya Angelou empowermentgunchildren Hope for the best, be prepared for the worse. Life is shocking, but you must never appear to be shocked. For no matter how bad it is it could be worse and no matter how good it is it could be better. Maya Angelou hoping-for-the-bestmatterlife The happy heart runs with the river, floats on the air, lifts to the music, soars with the eagle, hopes with the prayer. Maya Angelou runninginspirationallife I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too. Maya Angelou black-womenafrican-americanrespect You can see in others what they don't see in themselves and what the world doesn't see in them. Maya Angelou world There is a world of difference between facts and the truth. You can have so many facts that you don't deal with the truth. You never get to the truth. You have the places where, the people who, the times when, the reasons why, the methods how - blah blah. And never get to the human truth. The human truth is as elusive as the air. And as important as the air. Maya Angelou differencesairpeople Love heals. Heals and liberates. I use the word love, not meaning sentimentality, but a condition so strong that it may be that which holds the stars in their heavenly positions and that which causes the blood to flow orderly in our veins. Maya Angelou starsstronginspirational Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time. Maya Angelou passionlovelife The truth is you never can leave home. You take it with you everywhere you go. It's under your skin. It moves the tongue or slows it, colors the thinking, impedes upon the logic. Maya Angelou homemovingthinking We need much less than we think we need. Maya Angelou what-mattersinspirationalthinking I know that I'm not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live with feels himself challenged. I bring a lot to bear, and I don't know how not to. Maya Angelou challengesbearsfeels Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women. Maya Angelou womens-rightsknowinglife
