Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.
JAMES BALDWINWhoever debases others is debasing himself.
More James Baldwin Quotes
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It’s a miracle to realize that somebody loves you.
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Precisely at the point when you begin to develop a conscience you must find yourself at war with your society.
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Most of us, no matter what we say, are walking in the dark, whistling in the dark.
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Our crown has already been bought and paid for. All we have to do is wear it.
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People can’t, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than they can invent their parents.
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If you’re treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person.
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Literature is indispensable to the world.
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Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.
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It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
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Guilt is a luxury that we can no longer afford.
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If 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.
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The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way a person looks at reality, then you can change it.
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Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.
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It is astonishing the lengths to which a person, or a people, will go in order to avoid a truthful mirror.
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Education is indoctrination if you’re white – subjugation if you’re black.
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