Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law.
JAMES 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 Baldwin Quotes
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I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also so much more than that. So are we all.
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The artistic image is not intended to represent the thing itself, but, rather, the reality of the force the thing contains.
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The moment we cease to hold each other, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.
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We all commit our crimes. The thing is to not lie about them.
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For nothing is more unbearable, once one has it, than freedom.
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To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.
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True rebels after all, are as rare as true lovers,and in both cases, to mistake a fever for passion can destroy one’s life.
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Do I really want to be integrated into a burning house?
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It’s a miracle to realize that somebody loves you.
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There is a fearful splendor in absolute desolation.
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I want to be an honest man and a good writer.
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Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time.
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People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.
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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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Hatred is always self hatred, and there is something suicidal about it.
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