Some critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer' - which is right after being a natural heart surgeon.

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.

At the end of the day people won't remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.

One must know not just how to accept a gift, but with what grace to share it.

Let choice whisper in your ear and love murmur in your heart. Be ready. Here comes life.

Take the blinders from your vision take the padding from your ears and confess you've heard me crying and admit you've seen my tears.

Original thinking migrates each day in search of nourishment.