There is a fearful splendor in absolute desolation.
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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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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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 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.
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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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Hatred is always self hatred, and there is something suicidal about it.
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All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it.
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We all commit our crimes. The thing is to not lie about them.
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It’s a miracle to realize that somebody loves you.
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There are few things under heaven more unnerving than the silent, accumulating contempt and hatred of a people.
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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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If I am not what you say I am, then you are not who you think you are.
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I want to be an honest man and a good writer.
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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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Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.
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Education is indoctrination if you’re white – subjugation if you’re black.
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