"The honorary duty of a human being..." - Quote by Maya Angelou
The honorary duty of a human being is to love.
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“If you are going down a road and don't like what's in front of you, and look behind you and don't like what you see, get off the road. Create a new path!”
“The human heart is so delicate and sensitive that it always needs some tangible encouragement to prevent it from faltering in its labour.”
“Everyone has at least one story, and each of us is funny if we admit it. You have to admit you're the funniest person you've ever heard of.”
More on Love
“Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal.”
“Let go. Why do you cling to pain? There is nothing you can do about the wrongs of yesterday. It is not yours to judge. Why hold on to the very thing which keeps you from hope and love?”
“But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure, then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor, into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.”
More on Humanity
“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”
“The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise... Enlightened human beings can be created by teachers.”
“Never have the nations of the world had so much to lose, or so much to gain. Together we shall save our planet, or together we shall perish in its flames.”