The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself. If we don't have that we never grow, we never learn, and sure as hell we should never teach.
Maya AngelouBut from a distance. I would have left you whole and wholly for the delectation of those who wanted more and cared less.
Maya AngelouHappiness is a chance to talk to a friend, to hear good music, to have a good glass of wine. Happiness is a chance to be myself and to find people with whom I agree or who I don't agree but I can learn something.
Maya AngelouI think we ought to give ourselves more time. We should be more patient with ourselves and with each other.
Maya AngelouCreativity or talent, like electricity, is something I donโt understand but something Iโm able to harness and use. While electricity remains a mystery, I know I can plug into it and light up a cathedral or a synagogue or an operating room and use it to help save a life. Or I can use it to electrocute someone. Like electricity, creativity makes no judgment. I can use it productively or destructively. The important thing is to use it. You canโt use up creativity. The more you use it, the more you have.
Maya Angelou