We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans - because we can. We have some impulse within us that makes us want to explain ourselves to other human beings.
Maya AngelouI think the more we know the better we are. I mean not just facts. The more we know about each other, the closer we are to learn something about our selves.
Maya AngelouThere is an amazing something in the American psyche which speaks about courage, and it says, 'Yes I can,' ... Yes, we will overcome it all because we have the spirit to do so.
Maya AngelouWhile the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man.
Maya AngelouIf you have a person enslaved, the first thing you must do is to convince yourself that the person is subhuman. And won't mind the enslavement. The second thing you must do is convince your allies that the person is subhuman so that you have some support. But the third and the unkindest cut of all is to convince that person that he, she, is not quite a first class citizen.
Maya Angelou