Maya Angelou Quotes

“Frequently, I have been asked how I got to be this way. How did I, born black in a white country, poor in a society where wealth is adored and sought after at all costs, female in an environment where only large ships and some engines are described favourably by using the female pronoun-how did I get to be Maya Angelou?”

“Collecting the Wings Of Pain ~ The Sordid Stings Of Love Is all I Gain- Munish Maya”

“Moksha – the liberation form, the web of maya be,Freedom from the cycles of birth and death clearly;- 33 -”

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”

“Take a day to heal from the lies you’ve told yourself and the ones that have been told to you.”

“A thing or one’s eyes are not maya (deceit), but the attraction that occurs due to the sense is maya!”

“When Great Trees FallWhen great trees fall,rocks on distant hills shudder,lions hunker downin tall grasses,and even elephantslumber after safety.When great trees fallin forests,small things recoil into silence,their senseseroded beyond fear.When great souls die,the air around us becomeslight, rare, sterile.We breathe, briefly.Our eyes, briefly,see witha hurtful clarity.Our memory, suddenly sharpened,examines,gnaws on kind wordsunsaid,promised walksnever taken.Great souls die andour reality, bound tothem, takes leave of us.Our souls,dependent upon theirnurture,now shrink, wizened.Our minds, formedand informed by theirradiance,fall away.We are not so much maddenedas reduced to the unutterable ignoranceof dark, coldcaves.And when great souls die,after a period peace blooms,slowly and alwaysirregularly. Spaces fillwith a kind ofsoothing electric vibration.Our senses, restored, neverto be the same, whisper to us.They existed. They existed.We can be. Be and bebetter. For they existed.”

“And maybe that’s was her biggest crime of all. Making him fall in love with her.”

“People gravitate toward products that are bold, but instantly comprehensible: Most Advanced Yet Acceptable--MAYA.”

“What Albert Einstein termed optical delusion,The Indians termed Maya or Illusion.”