I often wonder what I’d do if there weren’t any books in the world.
JAMES BALDWINNobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.
More James Baldwin Quotes
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People who believe that they are strong-willed and the masters of their destiny can only continue to believe this by becoming specialists in self-deception.
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Please try to remember that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure does not testify to your inferiority but to their inhumanity.
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Confusion is a luxury which only the very, very young can possibly afford and you are not that young anymore.
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For these are all our children, we will all profit by or pay for what they become.
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Education is indoctrination if you’re white – subjugation if you’re black.
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The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.
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Everybody’s journey is individual.
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Everyone wishes to be loved, but in the event, nearly no one can bear it. Everyone desires love but also finds it impossible to believe that he deserves it.
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The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions.
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To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the breaking of bread.
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If a society permits one portion of its citizenry to be menaced or destroyed, then, very soon, no one in that society is safe.
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Nakedness has no color: this can come as news only to those who have never covered, or been covered by, another naked human being.
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Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have.
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People can cry much easier than they can change.
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Neither love nor terror makes one blind: indifference makes one blind.
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