Maya Angelou (1928 – 2014) was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist.
马娅·安杰卢（1928年－2014年），又译玛雅·安吉洛，是一位美国诗人，作家，和民权运动份子。
1774. The hope, the hope that lives in the breast of the black American, is just so tremendous that it overwhelms me sometimes. 中文 / Chinese：
希望 — 在美国黑人心里活著的希望，是这麽的巨大，它有时压垮了我。
1775. Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him. 中文 / Chinese：
任何书本对孩子养成一个阅读习惯，令阅读成为一个深而持续的需要，对他来说是好的。
1776. While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man. 中文 / Chinese：
当世界正在改进科技时，加纳改善人对人的人性。
1777. It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength. 中文 / Chinese：
这正是时候 — 父母应该预早教导年青人，在差异里有著美丽和力量。
1778. When a person is going through hell, and she encounters someone who went through hellish hell and survived, then she can say, 'Mine is not so bad as all that. She came through, and so can I.' 中文 / Chinese：
当一个人在艰苦时，而她遇到某人在苦难中活下来，然後她可以说：' 我的情况也不这麽坏。她可以渡过，我也可以。’
1779. I think music is one of the hero / sheroes of the African-American existence. 中文 / Chinese：
我想音乐是非洲裔美国人的英雄／英雌。
1697. A cynical young person is almost the saddest sight to see, because it means that he or she has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing. 中文 / Chinese：
愤世嫉俗的年青人是最伤心见到的情景，因为他从什麽也不知道改变到什麽也不相信。
1698. Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning. 中文 / Chinese：
文字比纸上的字更有意思。它需要人声灌入更深的意义。
1699. If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities. 中文 / Chinese：
如果幸运的话，一个单独的幻想可以完全地改变百万个现实。
1700. How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! 中文 / Chinese：
表扬和庆祝我们的英雄英雌是多麽的重要。
1701. Eating is so intimate. It's very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you're inviting a person into your life. 中文 / Chinese：
用膳是这麽亲密的。它很感官性。当你邀请人坐在你的餐桌上和你为他烹调，你是邀请一个人进入你的生活。
1702. During bad circumstances, which is the human inheritance, you must decide not to be reduced. You have your humanity, and you must not allow anything to reduce that. We are obliged to know we are global citizens. Disasters remind us we are world citizens, whether we like it or not. 中文 / Chinese：
在坏的情况下，你不可以决定减少人类的遗传。你有你自己的人性，不可容许任何事情减少它。我们有责任懂得我们是全球的公民。灾难提醒我们是世界的公民，无论我们喜欢与否。
1619. All great artists draw from the same resource: the human heart, which tells us that we are all more alike than we are unalike. 中文 / Chinese：
所有伟大的艺术家从同一资源绘画：人心，它告诉我们相同比不相同多。
1620. The poetry you read has been written for you, each of you - black, white, Hispanic, man, woman, gay, straight. 中文 / Chinese：
这些诗集是为你们每一个而写 - 黑种人，白种人，西裔人，男人，女人，同性恋者，异性恋者。
1621. I refuse to allow any man-made differences to separate me from any other human beings. 中文 / Chinese：
我拒绝准许任何人为差别分开我和其他人类。
1622. When the human race neglects its weaker members, when the family neglects its weakest one - it's the first blow in a suicidal movement. I see the neglect in cities around the country, in poor white children in West Virginia and Virginia and Kentucky - in the big cities, too, for that matter. 中文 / Chinese：
当人类忽略它软弱的成员，当家庭忽略它最软弱的一个那是第一步鼓吹自杀的行动。我看见国家内的城市如西维珍尼亚，维珍尼亚，肯塔基和其他大城市，都有这现象。
1623. I never had that feeling that I had to carry the weight of somebody's ignorance around with me. And that was true for racists who wanted to use the 'n' word when talking about me or about my people, or the stupidity of people who really wanted to belittle other folks because they weren't pretty or they weren't rich or they weren't clever. 中文 / Chinese：
我从来没感觉我需要把别人的无知放在我的周围。就像那些种族主义者用”黑人”来形容我和我们，或是那些蠢人想贬低其他他们不漂亮或贫穷或不聪明。
1577. Until blacks and whites see each other as brother and sister, we will not have parity. It's very clear. 中文 / Chinese：
直到黑人与白人视对方为兄弟姊妹，我们不会得到平等。这是很清楚的。
1578. It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it. 中文 / Chinese：
没有白人参与，争取公民权利和平等权利是不可能的。因为平等权利，公平行动，正义都像空气：我们都拥有，或我们都不拥有。这是事实。
1579. It's good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for awhile their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers. 中文 / Chinese：
记得在危机中，自然危机，人类会忘记他们的无知，偏见，歧视。有一段短时间，邻居帮助邻居和陌生人帮助陌生人。
1580. We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike. 中文 / Chinese：
我们可以学习看对方和自己然後发现人类是相似多过不相似。
1581. As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them. 中文 / Chinese：
据我所知，白种女人从不孤单，除了在书本内。白种男人爱慕他们，非裔男人渴望他们和非裔女人为他们工作。
1544. Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. 中文 / Chinese：
爱不会认别障碍。它跳过栏杆，跨过栅栏，穿过墙壁，充满希望地到达目的地。
1545. Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age. 中文 / Chinese：
爱一个人解放了爱与被爱的人。而那种爱是用时间培养。
1546. You can't forgive without loving. And I don't mean sentimentality. I don't mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, 'I forgive. I'm finished with it.' 中文 / Chinese：
没有爱你不能宽恕。而我不是指感情上。我不是指痴情。我是指有勇气地站起来说”我宽恕。到此为止。”
1547. The love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society. 中文 / Chinese：
家庭的爱，一人的爱可以治癒。它治癒社会留下的疤痕。一个大规模的，有强大势力的社会。
1548. If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. 中文 / Chinese：
如果我们对每一个人失去爱情和自尊，这就是我们最後如何死亡。
1549. Information helps you to see that you're not alone. That there's somebody in Mississippi and somebody in Tokyo who all have wept, who've all longed and lost, who've all been happy. So the library helps you to see, not only that you are not alone, but that you're not really any different from everyone else. 中文 / Chinese：
资讯帮你理解你不是单独。有人在密西西比和有人在东京哭，有些在渴望和迷失，有一些向来快乐。资料库帮助你看见不止你不是单独，但也让你看见你跟每一个人没有差别。
1427. Home is a refuge, not only from the world but a refuge from my worries, my terrible concerns. I like beautiful things around me. I like to be beautiful because it delights my eyes and my soul is lifted up. 中文 / Chinese：
家是一个避难所，使我避开世界，我的担心和吓人的担忧。我喜欢周围美丽的事物。我喜欢美丽因为它使我的眼睛高兴和灵魂鼓舞。
1428. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. 中文 / Chinese：
痛苦像癌症，它蚕食宿主。但忿怒像火焰，它燃烧怠尽。
1429. I know for sure that loves saves me and that it is here to save us all. 中文 / Chinese：
我肯定知道爱拯救了我和它存在是要拯救我们。
1430. I could fall in love with a sumo wrestler if he told stories and made me laugh. Obviously, it would be easier if someone was African-American and lived next door and went to the same church. Because then I wouldn't have to translate. 中文 / Chinese：
我可以爱上一名相撲手，只要他能说故事和令我笑。明显地，假如他是非裔美国人，住在旁边和跟我去同一教堂会更容易。因为这样我不用翻译。
1431. The loss of young first love is so painful that it borders on the ludicrous. 中文 / Chinese：
失去初恋是那麽的痛苦而且近似荒唐。
1432. Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time. 中文 / Chinese：
爱就像病毒。它能在任何时间发生在任何人身上。
1327. Hate. It has caused a lot of problems in this world but it has not solved one yet. 中文 / Chinese：
仇恨。它在这世界引起许多问题但它未有解决倒一个。
1328. Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. 中文 / Chinese：
音乐是我的避难所。我可以爬进音符中间捲成孤单的符号。
1329. My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done, to try and love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return. 中文 / Chinese：
我最大的希望是笑和哭一样多；完成工作，尝试爱人和有勇气接受别人爱回来。
1330. Ask for what you want, and be prepared to get it. 中文 / Chinese：
问自己想要什麽，然後準备获得。
1331. There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it. 中文 / Chinese：
爱惜生活和贪婪生活只差一线之微。
1332. Having courage does not mean we are unafraid. 中文 / Chinese：
有勇气不代表不害怕。
1333. I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass. 中文 / Chinese：
我爱看年轻女孩出去抓住世界的衣领。人生苦难多。你一定要出去吐气扬眉。
1334. There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth. 中文 / Chinese：
世界充满著真相与事实的差异。事实可以混淆真相。
1165. I’m always disappointed when people don’t live up to their potential. I know that a number of people look down on themselves and consequently on everybody who looks like them. But that, too, can change. 中文 / Chinese：
我经常对人们不按照潜力做到而感到失望。我知道很多人看不起自己，因而看别人也是一样。但这些，都可以改变。
1166. If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded. 中文 / Chinese：
假如你心中想关怀某人，你将会成功。
1167. Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. 中文 / Chinese：
爱认不出障碍。它跳过障碍，跳越篱笆，穿插墙壁，然後满怀希望抵达目的地。
1168. If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be. 中文 / Chinese：
假如你经常尝试使个正常人，你永远不知道你有多了不起。
1169. If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love. 中文 / Chinese：
如果你只有一个笑容，把它给予你爱的人。
1170. My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart. 中文 / Chinese：
我的愿望是你继续下去。继续做你自己，用你仁慈的行为去震惊这个自私的世界。继续准许幽默为你温柔的心减轻负担。
744. Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better. 中文 / Chinese：
儘量做得好直至你知道较好的。然後当你知道较好後，再做做得更好。
745. If you’re a human being, you can attempt to do what other human beings have done. We don’t understand talent any more than we understand electricity. 中文 / Chinese：
如果你是人类，你可以尝试做其他人做过的事。我们对天才所知并不多过了解电力。
746. Nothing can dim the light that shines from within. 中文 / Chinese：
没有任何事物可以令发自内里的光转暗。
747. We are only as blind as we want to be. 中文 / Chinese：
我们自己想盲目有多深就会多深。
748. Success is liking yourself, liking what you do and liking how you do it. 中文 / Chinese：
成功是喜欢自己，喜欢自己在做的和怎样去做。
749. All great achievements require time. 中文 / Chinese：
所有伟大的成就都需要时间。
750. The desire to reach the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise and most possible. 中文 / Chinese：
伸延到星星是心怀奢望的。伸延到内心是明智和做得到的。
751. Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space at the same time. Invite one to stay. 中文 / Chinese：
希望和恐惧不能同一时间占用同一空间。招待一个留下。
305. One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. 中文 / Chinese：
勇气不一定与生俱来，但潜力总是有。没有勇气，我们不能用坚定地锻练任何长处。我们不能做到仁慈，真诚，慈悲，宽厚，或诚实。
306. There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. 中文 / Chinese：
没有更大的苦恼比得起上你心里未曾洩漏的故事。
307. If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain. 中文 / Chinese：
如你不喜欢某事，改变它。如你不能改变，改变你的态度。不要投诉。
308. If you’re always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be. 中文 / Chinese：
如果你尝试做个正常人，你永远不会知道你有多麽了不起。
309. Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning. 中文 / Chinese：
文字比写在纸张的字有更深含意。它需要人类声音去激发出深层意思。
310. Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it. 中文 / Chinese：
无论你要做什麽，如果要做得出色，你要喜爱它和準备为它作出牺牲。
311. I believe that every person is born with talent. 中文 / Chinese：
我相信每人天生有材。
115. Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud. 中文 / Chinese：
尝试在别人的云裹做一条彩虹。
116. When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. 中文 / Chinese：
当有人出示他们是怎样的人，第一次要相信他。
117. We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. 中文 / Chinese：
我们可能被击败很多次，但我们一定不能被击倒。
118. My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. 中文 / Chinese：
我生命的使命不只是生存，还要成长；要有热情，怜悯，幽默，作风地成长。
119. I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. 中文 / Chinese：
我得知人会忘记你说过什麽，人会忘记你做过什麽，但人永远不会忘记你给他的感受。
120. A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim. 中文 / Chinese：
一个聪明的女人不想做任何人的敌人；一个聪明的女人拒绝做任何人的受害者。
121. It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody. 中文 / Chinese：
这是其中一样任何人都可以给自己的礼物，原谅。原谅所有人。
