"I'm not a writer who teaches. I'm..." - Quote by Maya Angelou

“It is the worst thing you can do, women, is whine, .. I mean the worst. Don't complain, protest.”

“Leaving behind nights of terror and fear, I rise. Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear, I rise.”

“When you know better you do better.”

“I think my first story sold for $550. This was in 1954, and it seemed like quite a lot of money, and I said to myself, 'Hey, I'm a professional writer now.'”

“You should know," said Estella. "I am what you have made me. Take all the praise, take all the blame; take all the success, take all the failure; in short, take me.”

“When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.”

“The gentlest thing in the world overcomes the hardest thing in the world. That which has no substance enters where there is no space. This shows the value of non-action. Teaching without words, performing without actions: that is the Master's way.”

“I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.”

“Before you can teach children, you must get the silver key of kindness to unlock their hearts, and so secure their attention.”