“There are so many gifts, so many blessings, so many sources that I can't say any one thing—unless that one thing is love. By love I don't mean indulgence. I do not mean sentimentality. And in this instance, I don't even mean romance. I mean that condition that allowed humans to dream of God. To make it. To imagine golden roads. That condition that allowed the "dumb" to write spirituals and Russian songs and Irish lilts. That is love, and it's so much larger than anything I can conceive.”
More from Maya Angelou
“The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.”
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”
“It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.”
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