There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes of others. Nothing can help that man. What is left of that man flees from what is left of human attention.
JAMES A. BALDWINIf the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him.
More James A. Baldwin Quotes
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If the word ‘integration’ means anything, this is what it means that we, with love, shall force our brothers to see themselves as they are, to cease fleeing from reality and begin to change it.
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If we do not now dare everything, the fulfillment of that prophecy, re-created from the Bible in song by a slave, is upon us: God gave Noah the rainbow sign. No more water, fire next time.
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And I was yet aware that this was only a moment, that the world waited outside, as hungry as a tiger, and that trouble stretched above us, longer than the sky.
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You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you.
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… every human being is an unprecedented miracle.
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A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.
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Drive to the heart of every answer and expose the question the answer hides.
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The purpose of education…is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions.
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I think Americans are terrified of feeling anything. I never met a people more infantile in my life.
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It is very nearly impossible… to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.
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There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.
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The world is before you, and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in.
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For these are all our children, we will all profit by or pay for whatthey become.
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I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself.
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Hatred destroys the person who hates.
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