Philosophy Quote by Maya Angelou — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I have learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

“I answer the heroic question, 'Death, where is thy sting?' with 'It is in my heart and mind and memories.”

“I find it very difficult to let a friend or beloved go into that country of no return. I answer the heroic question, "Death, where is thy sting?" with "It is here in my heart, and my mind, and my memories.”

“There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.”

“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”

“First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.”

“There is not much to be got anywhere in the world. It is filled with misery and pain; if a man escapes these, boredeom lies in wait for him at every corner. Nay more; it is evil which generally has the upper hand, and folly that makes the most noise. Fate is cruel and mankind pitiable.”

“Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of treason is to let its vision drown in the swamp of the moment's torture.”

“Civilization is only possible for deeply unpleasant animals. It is only an ape that can be truly civilized.”

“i don't regret the difficulties I experienced; I think they help helped me to become the person I am today. i feel the way a warrior must feel after years of traning; he doesn't remember the details of everything he learned, but he knows how to strike when the time is right”

“This is the Modern Man. The man who seeks himself without ever seeking, because he does not want to find;”

“Hence the sterile, uninspiring futility of a great many theoretical discussions of ethics, and the resentment which many people feel towards such discussions: moral principles remain in their minds as floating abstractions, offering them a goal they cannot grasp and demanding that they reshape their souls in its image, thus leaving them with a burden of undefinable moral guilt.”