On empathy and kindness (Quotes to live by)
Maya Angelou lived a challenging life. What is so inspiring about her work and words is that she did not lose hope and she believed in the inherent goodness of people (despite how many of them had treated her).
She believed that no matter how we have been treated, we can choose not to pass on the pain to others:
I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one. Maya Angelou
Her words encourage kindness, love and connection. Here are my some of my favourites:
At the end of the day people won't remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.
Maya Angelou
Each one of us has lived through some devastation, some loneliness, some weather superstorm or spiritual superstorm, when we look at each other we must say, I understand. I understand how you feel because I have been there myself. We must support each other and empathize with each other because each of us is more alike than we are unalike.
Maya Angelou
If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.
Maya Angelou
Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
Maya Angelou
The love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by the larger society. A massive, powerful society.
Maya Angelou
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