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.
JAMES BALDWINThose who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.
More James Baldwin Quotes
-
-
Education is indoctrination if you’re white – subjugation if you’re black.
JAMES BALDWIN -
Everybody’s journey is individual.
JAMES BALDWIN -
Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have.
JAMES BALDWIN -
The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.
JAMES BALDWIN -
Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.
JAMES BALDWIN -
To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the breaking of bread.
JAMES BALDWIN -
Our crown has already been bought and paid for. All we have to do is wear it.
JAMES BALDWIN -
I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.
JAMES BALDWIN -
Guilt is a luxury that we can no longer afford.
JAMES BALDWIN -
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.
JAMES BALDWIN -
I want to be an honest man and a good writer.
JAMES BALDWIN -
The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.
JAMES BALDWIN -
Whoever debases others is debasing himself.
JAMES BALDWIN -
For these are all our children, we will all profit by or pay for what they become.
JAMES BALDWIN -
I can’t believe what you say, because I see what you do.
JAMES BALDWIN