KHALIL GIBRAN - QUOTES COLLECTION BIOGRAPHY, ACHIEVEMENTS AND LIFE LESSONS ABOUT KHALIL GIBRAN Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Annie Johnson on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri, was an extraordinary American poet, memoirist, actress, and civil rights activist. Her life's journey, marked by resilience, creativity, and a commitment to social justice, left an indelible mark on literature and society. QUOTES SAMPLES: "Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars." "In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed." "I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers." "If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were." "Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding." "Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit."