"It is sad but true that sometimes..." - Quote by Maya Angelou
It is sad but true that sometimes we need the tragedy to help us to see how human we are and how we are more alike than we are different.
More by Maya Angelou
“At the end of the day people won't remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.”
“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”
“You only are free when you realize you belong no place - you belong every place - no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great.”
More on Humanity
“But in order to speak about all and to all, one has to speak of what all know and of the reality common to us all. The seas, rains, necessity, desire, the struggle against death--these are things that unite us all. We resemble one another in what we see together, in what we suffer together. Dreams change from individual, but the reality of the world is common to us all. Striving towards realism is therefore legitimate, for it is basically related to the artistic adventure.”
“This creature softened my heart of stone. She died and with her died my last warm feelings for humanity.”
“As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark soil of poverty the choicest flowers of humanity have developed and bloomed.”
More on Tragedy
“Tragedy is in the eye of the observer, and not in the heart of the sufferer.”
“There was so much in you that charmed me that I felt I must tell you something about yourself. I thought how tragic it would be if you were wasted.”
“Tragedy warms the soul, elevates the heart, can and ought to create heroes. In this sense, perhaps, France owes a part of her great actions to Corneille.”