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Quote by Maya Angelou

“Listen to yourself and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God.”

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Maya Angelou was an American author, poet, playwright, actress, and lecturer, known for her profound exploration of race, gender, and culture in her work. Her autobiographical works, including 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,' which detailed her early life of poverty and sexual exploitation, have gained widespread acclaim. more

“What I think it really means is: I'm a teacher. I am a teacher. I teach all the time, as you do and as all of you do-whether we know it or not, whether we take responsibility for it or not. I hold nothing back because I want to see that light go off. I like to see the children say, 'I never thought of that before.' And I think, 'I've got them!'”

Thinking Knows Want Mean Children Light Responsibility Teach Teacher Taking Responsibility Really Mean

Author:Maya Angelou

“I encourage courtesy. To accept nothing less than courtesy, and to give nothing less than courtesy. If we accept being talked to any kind of a way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the best. And if we have the effrontery to talk to anybody with less than courtesy, we tell ourselves and the world we are not very intelligent.”

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Author:Maya Angelou

“You can see in others what they don't see in themselves and what the world doesn't see in them.”

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“We all have that possibility, that potential and that promise of seeing beyond the seeming.”

Seeing Possibility Promise Seeming

Author:Maya Angelou