There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.
JAMES BALDWINIt is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
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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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Our crown has already been bought and paid for. All we have to do is wear it.
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Hatred is always self hatred, and there is something suicidal about it.
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Neither love nor terror makes one blind: indifference makes one blind.
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No one is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart: for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.
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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.
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We all commit our crimes. The thing is to not lie about them.
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Do I really want to be integrated into a burning house?
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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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It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
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The world is mostly divided between madmen who remember and madmen who forget. Heroes are rare.
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There is a fearful splendor in absolute desolation.
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Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing 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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People can cry much easier than they can change.
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