To those who have given up on love: I say, Trust life a little bit.
MAYA ANGELOUTo those who have given up on love: I say, Trust life a little bit.
MAYA ANGELOUEverything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.
MAYA ANGELOUThere’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.
MAYA ANGELOUA woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek him just to find her.
MAYA ANGELOUWhat you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.
MAYA ANGELOULove recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
MAYA ANGELOUMy mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
MAYA ANGELOULove life. Engage in it. Give it all you’ve got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.
MAYA ANGELOULife is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.
MAYA ANGELOUIt is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable.
MAYA ANGELOUWhen you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness, all the good things.
MAYA ANGELOUMusic was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
MAYA ANGELOUThere is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
MAYA ANGELOUI don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
MAYA ANGELOUI believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
MAYA ANGELOUA friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.
MAYA ANGELOU