"This is what I am learning, at..." - Quote by Maya Angelou
This is what I am learning, at 82 years old: the main thing is to be in love with the search for truth.
More by Maya Angelou
“One isn't born with courage. One develops it by doing small courageous things.”
“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.”
“Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstances, can be life-threatening.”
More on Truth
“Academic training in beauty is a sham. We have been so deceived, but so well deceived that we can scarcely get back even a shadow of the truth.”
“A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.”
“It is not our task to secure the triumph of truth, but merely to fight on its behalf.”
More on Learning
“Nothing is more powerful for your future than being a gatherer of good ideas and information. That's called doing your homework.”
“It gave a tremendous level of self-confidence, that through exploration and learning one could understand seemingly very complex things in one's environment.”
“Failure is the foundation of success: success is the lurking place of failure.”