This is what I am learning, at 82 years old: the main thing is to be in love with the search for truth. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
You can never go home again, but the truth is you can never leave home, so it's all right. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Take a day to heal from the lies you've told yourself and the ones that have been told to you. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I love a Hebrew National hot dog with an ice-cold Corona - no lime. If the phone rings, I won't answer until… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“You said to lean on your arm And I am leaning You said to trust in your love And I am trusting… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and,… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I answer the heroic question, 'Death, where is thy sting?' with 'It is in my heart and mind and memories. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Ive learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
It's very hard for adults to maintain respect and romance so that a love affair can be sustained over years. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
In a world so rife with vulgarity, with brutality and violence, love exists. I’m grateful to know that it exists. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I’m grateful for being here, for being able to think, for being able to see, for being able to taste, for appreciating… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
remember this: When you cross my doorstep, you have already been raised. With what you have learned...you know the difference between right… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Love is that condition in the human spirit so profound that it empowers us to develop courage; to trust that courage and… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If you want to liberate someone, love them.Not be in love with them - that's dangerous. If you're in love with your… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Love is a condition so powerful; it may be that which pulls the stars in the firmament. It may be that which… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
By love I don't mean indulgence. I do not mean sentimentality. And in this instance, I don't even mean romance. I mean… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“Miss Kirwin was that rare educator who was in love with information. I will always believe that her love of teaching came… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Some think that love is all flowers and good times, but I think that love is more than just that. Love is… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I know for sure that loves saves me and that it is here to save us all. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Love liberates. It doesn't just hold - that's ego. Love liberates. It doesn't bind. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Courage: the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently — Maya Angelou Copy Share
If we accept being talked to any kind of a way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the best. And… — Maya Angelou Copy Share
You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. It doesn't do anything to the… — Maya Angelou Copy Share
“You are very kind and very intelligent and those elements are not always found together. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, and my… — Maya Angelou Copy Share
I agreed a long time ago, I would not live at any cost. If I am moved or forced away from what I think… — Maya Angelou Copy Share
Intelligence is a separate gift, for the benefit of students, so that they may think of themselves as intellectual and not very intelligent, or… — Maya Angelou Copy Share
Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you… — Maya Angelou Copy Share
“You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust,… — Maya Angelou Copy Share
Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and… — Maya Angelou Copy Share
I'm working at trying to be a Christian, and that's serious business. It's like trying to be a good Jew, a good Muslim, a… — Maya Angelou Copy Share
Sunday, if I'm lucky, I'll go to church or listen to some good spiritual advice on the television or on the radio. I take… — Maya Angelou Copy Share
