Maya Angelou Quotes

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.

Maya Angelou

• Mother
• Understanding
• Intelligent
• Ignorance
• Illiteracy

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• My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.

  

  Maya Angelou
  • Mother
  • Understanding
  • Intelligent