The paradox of education is precisely this – that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.
JAMES BALDWINIt is astonishing the lengths to which a person, or a people, will go in order to avoid a truthful mirror.
More James Baldwin Quotes
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It is easy to proclaim all souls equal in the sight of God; it is hard to make men equal on earth in the sight of men.
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Youth must be the worst time in anybody’s life.
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For nothing is more unbearable, once one has it, than freedom.
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You write in order to change the world, if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it.
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Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.
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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 power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions.
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You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.
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When you’re writing you’re trying to find out something which you don’t know.
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There is a fearful splendor in absolute desolation.
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People are too various to be treated so lightly. I am too various to be trusted.
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All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique.
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If you’re treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person.
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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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Those kids aren’t dumb. But the people who run these schools want to make sure they don’t get smart: they are really teaching the kids to be slaves.
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