Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law.
JAMES BALDWINThe 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.
More James Baldwin Quotes
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The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.
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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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Artists are here to disturb the peace.
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I often wonder what I’d do if there weren’t any books in the world.
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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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Confusion is a luxury which only the very, very young can possibly afford and you are not that young anymore.
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Perhaps he is a fool or a coward but almost everybody is one or the other and most people are both.
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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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People can’t, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than they can invent their parents.
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I want to be an honest man and a good writer.
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The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim: he or she has become a threat.
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Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.
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Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.
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History is not a procession of illustrious people. It’s about what happens to a people. Millions of anonymous people is what history is about.
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