Maya Angelou
"What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain."
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"What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain."
"ما ينبغي لك فعله حين لا يروق لك أمرٌ ما هو أن تسعى لتغييره. فإن عجزت عن تغييره، فغيّر نظرتك إليه. وإياك والتذمر."
Maya Angelou
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
"لا يوجد ألم أعظم من حمل قصة لم تُروَ بعد في أعماقك."
Maya Angelou
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
"Nothing can dim the light which shines from within."
"لا شيء يستطيع أن يُطفئ النور الذي يشعّ من الداخل."
Maya Angelou
"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated."
"قد نُمنى بهزائم كثيرة، لكن يجب ألا نُهزم."
Maya Angelou
"I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh."
"لا أثق بمن لا يضحك."
Maya Angelou
"We wear the mask that grins and lies. It shades our cheeks and hides our eyes. This debt we pay to human guile With torn and bleeding hearts…We smile and mouth the myriad subtleties. Why should the world think otherwise In counting all our tears and sighs. Nay let them only see us while We wear the mask."
"نرتدي القناع الذي يبتسم ويكذب، فيظلل خدودنا ويخفي أعيننا. هذا الدين الذي ندفعه لمكر البشر بقلوب ممزقة ودامية... نبتسم وننطق بالدّقائق التي لا تُحصى. لماذا يجب أن يظن العالم غير ذلك وهو يحصي كل دموعنا وتنهداتنا؟ بل دعهم يروننا فقط ونحن نرتدي القناع."
Maya Angelou
"Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet."
"الكراهية، لقد تسببت في الكثير من المشاكل في العالم، لكنها لم تحل واحدة منها بعد."
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."
"لقد مر كل واحد منا بخراب ما، بوحدة ما، بعاصفة جوية هوجاء أو عاصفة روحية عاتية. وحين ننظر إلى بعضنا البعض، يجب أن نقول: أنا أفهم. أفهم شعورك لأني مررت بذلك بنفسي. يجب علينا أن ندعم بعضنا البعض ونتعاطف مع بعضنا البعض، لأن أوجه الشبه بيننا أكثر بكثير من أوجه الاختلاف."
Maya Angelou
"If you happen to be white in a white country; pretty according to the dictates of fashion; rich in a country where money is adored, it’s almost impossible to grow up and to grow up honest inside. It is almost impossible. Most people don’t grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging. But to grow up, to take responsibility for the time you take up, and the space you occupy, to honor every living person for his or her humanity, that is to grow up."
"إذا ما وُلدتَ أبيضَ في بلدٍ أبيض، وكنتَ جميلًا وفقًا لمعايير الموضة، وغنيًا في مجتمعٍ يُقدّس المال، فمن شبه المستحيل أن تنمو وتنمو صادقًا من أعماقك. يكاد يكون مستحيلاً.
معظم الناس لا ينضجون، بل يشيخون فحسب. يجدون مواقف لسياراتهم، يسددون فواتير بطاقاتهم الائتمانية، يتزوجون، ينجبون أطفالاً، ويحسبون ذلك نضجًا. لكن هذا ليس سوى تقدم في العمر.
أما أن تنضج حقًا، أن تتحمل مسؤولية الوقت الذي تستهلكه والمساحة التي تشغلها، وأن تكرم كل إنسان حيٍّ لجوهر إنسانيته، فهذا هو النضج الحقيقي."
Maya Angelou
"Most people don't grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging."
"لا يشبّ معظم الناس، بل يتقدّمون في العمر وحسب. يجدون أماكن لركن سياراتهم، ويوفون ببطاقات ائتمانهم، ويتزوجون، وينجبون أطفالًا، ويسمّون ذلك نضجًا. لكن ما هو إلا تقدّم في العمر."
Maya Angelou
"When I walk in, they may like me or dislike me, but everybody knows I'm here"
"عندما أدخل، قد يحبونني أو يكرهونني، لكن الجميع يعلم أنني هنا."
Maya Angelou
"If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers."
"إذا لم يكن لديك إلا ابتسامة واحدة، فامنحها لمن تحب. لا تكن عبوسًا في بيتك، ثم تخرج إلى الشارع وتبدأ في التبسم قائلًا "صباح الخير" لغرباء تمامًا."
Maya Angelou
"And my seven-year-old world humpty-dumptied, never to be put back together again."
Maya Angelou
"If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you must look forward, do so prayerfully. However, the wisest thing you can do is be present in the present... gratefully."
Maya Angelou
"Be present in all things and thankful for all things."
Maya Angelou
"Take the blinders from your visiontake the padding from your earsand confess you've heard me crying and admit you've seen my tears."
Maya Angelou
"This a a wonderful day. I've never seen this one before."
Maya Angelou
"You don’t want modesty, you want humility. Humility comes from inside out. It says someone was here before me and I’m here because I’ve been paid for. I have something to do and I will do that because I’m paying for someone else who has yet to come."
Maya Angelou
"Love. And again, see I don't mean, I think love is that condition in the human spirit so profund, that it allows us to forgive, and it may be the energy which keeps the stars in the firmament, I'm not sure. It may be the energy which keeps the blood running smoothly through our veins. I'm not sure, but it's something beyond the explanation. It can be used for anything you can explain. Any good thing you can explain."
Maya Angelou
"The devil lives in our mistakes, the lord lives in our rights. Who lives in our ignorance, and who wins after all?"
Maya Angelou
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