We need to remember to teach our children that solitude can be a much-to-be-desired condition. Not only is it acceptable to be alone; at times it is positively to be wished for.....In the silence we listen to ourselves. Then we ask questions of ourselves. We describe ourselves to ourselves, and in the quietude we may even hear the voice of God.
Maya AngelouBlacks concede that hurrawing, jibing, jiving, signifying, disrespecting, cursing, even outright insults might be acceptable under particular conditions, but aspersions cast against one's family call for immediate attack.
Maya AngelouYou dwell in whitened castles with deep and poisoned moats and cannot hear the curses which fill your children's throats.
Maya AngelouBeing free is being able to accept people for what they are, and not try to understand all they are or be what they are.
Maya Angelou