My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. - Maya Angelou

Upon reflection, I marvel that no one saw through me enough to bundle me off to the nearest mental institution. The fact that it didn't happen depended less on my being a good actress than the fact that I was surrounded, as I had been all my life, by strangers.

On this platform of peace, we can create a language
to translate ourselves to ourselves and to each other.

People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel.