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James A Baldwin Quotes

I really do believe in the New Jerusalem. I really do believe that we can all become better than we are. I know we can. But the price is enormous and people are not yet willing to pay it Picture Quote #1

The world’s definitions are one thing and the life one actually lives is quite another. One cannot allow oneself, nor one’s family, friends, or lovers - to say nothing of one’s children - to live according to the world’s definitions: one must find a way, perpetually, to be stronger and better than that Picture Quote #1

Remember, to hate, to be violent, is demeaning. It means you’re afraid of the other side of the coin -- to love and be loved Picture Quote #1

The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one’s key to the experience of others Picture Quote #1

Most people... find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets Picture Quote #1

A society must assume that it is stable, but the artist must know, and he must let us know, that there is nothing stable under heaven Picture Quote #1

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There is a ‘sanctity’ involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it Picture Quote #1

Not only was I not born to be a slave; I was not born to hope to become the equal of the slave master Picture Quote #1

Being in the pulpit, was like being in the theatre; I was behind the scenes and knew how the illusion worked Picture Quote #1

The greatest significance of the present student generation is that it is through them that the point of view of the subjugated is finally and inexorably being expressed Picture Quote #1

But, when the chips are down, its better to be furious with someone you love, or frightened for someone you love, than be put through the merciless horror of being ashamed of someone you love Picture Quote #1

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they’re better than other human beings Picture Quote #1

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Everything depends on how relentlessly one forces from experience the last drop, sweet or bitter, it can possibly give Picture Quote #1

The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power forever Picture Quote #1

The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions Picture Quote #1

It was as though we were a picture, trapped in time: this had been happening for hundreds of years, people sitting in a room, waiting for dinner, and listening to the blues Picture Quote #1

People can cry much easier than they can change, a rule of psychology people like me picked up as kids on the street Picture Quote #1

Fires can’t be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks Picture Quote #1

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God be thanked for books! They are the voices of the distant and the dead Picture Quote #1

Freaks are called freaks and are treated as they are treated Â” in the main, abominably Â” because they are human beings who cause to echo, deep within us, our most profound terrors and desires Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what I then did - which was to hide Picture Quote #1

I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually Picture Quote #1

Sentimentality, the ostentatious parading of excessive and spurious emotion, is the mark of dishonesty...the wet eyes of the sentimentalist betray his aversion to experience, his fear of life, his arid heart; and it is always, therefore, the signal of secret and violent humanity, the mark of cruelty Picture Quote #1

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Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn’t have it and thought of other things if you did Picture Quote #1

It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate Picture Quote #1

The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose Picture Quote #1

If I am not what you say I am, then you are not who you think you are Picture Quote #1

I often wonder what I’d do if there weren’t any books in the world Picture Quote #1

People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction Picture Quote #1

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I really do believe in the New Jerusalem. I really do believe that we can all become better than we are. I know we can. But the price is enormous and people are not yet willing to pay it (James A Baldwin Quotes) The world’s definitions are one thing and the life one actually lives is quite another. One cannot allow oneself, nor one’s family, friends, or lovers - to say nothing of one’s children - to live according to the world’s definitions: one must find a way, perpetually, to be stronger and better than that (James A Baldwin Quotes) Remember, to hate, to be violent, is demeaning. It means you’re afraid of the other side of the coin -- to love and be loved (James A Baldwin Quotes) The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one’s key to the experience of others. (James A Baldwin Quotes) Most people... find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets. (James A Baldwin Quotes) A society must assume that it is stable, but the artist must know, and he must let us know, that there is nothing stable under heaven. (James A Baldwin Quotes) There is a ‘sanctity’ involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it. (James A Baldwin Quotes) Not only was I not born to be a slave; I was not born to hope to become the equal of the slave master. (James A Baldwin Quotes) Being in the pulpit, was like being in the theatre; I was behind the scenes and knew how the illusion worked. (James A Baldwin Quotes) The greatest significance of the present student generation is that it is through them that the point of view of the subjugated is finally and inexorably being expressed. (James A Baldwin Quotes) But, when the chips are down, its better to be furious with someone you love, or frightened for someone you love, than be put through the merciless horror of being ashamed of someone you love. (James A Baldwin Quotes) Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they’re better than other human beings. (James A Baldwin Quotes) Everything depends on how relentlessly one forces from experience the last drop, sweet or bitter, it can possibly give. (James A Baldwin Quotes) The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power forever. (James A Baldwin Quotes) The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions. (James A Baldwin Quotes) It was as though we were a picture, trapped in time: this had been happening for hundreds of years, people sitting in a room, waiting for dinner, and listening to the blues. (James A Baldwin Quotes) People can cry much easier than they can change, a rule of psychology people like me picked up as kids on the street. (James A Baldwin Quotes) Fires can’t be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks. (James A Baldwin Quotes) God be thanked for books! They are the voices of the distant and the dead. (James A Baldwin Quotes) Freaks are called freaks and are treated as they are treated Â” in the main, abominably Â” because they are human beings who cause to echo, deep within us, our most profound terrors and desires. (James A Baldwin Quotes) 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. (James A Baldwin Quotes) The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what I then did - which was to hide. (James A Baldwin Quotes) I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. (James A Baldwin Quotes) Sentimentality, the ostentatious parading of excessive and spurious emotion, is the mark of dishonesty...the wet eyes of the sentimentalist betray his aversion to experience, his fear of life, his arid heart; and it is always, therefore, the signal of secret and violent humanity, the mark of cruelty. (James A Baldwin Quotes) Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn’t have it and thought of other things if you did. (James A Baldwin Quotes) It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate. (James A Baldwin Quotes) The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose (James A Baldwin Quotes) If I am not what you say I am, then you are not who you think you are (James A Baldwin Quotes) I often wonder what I’d do if there weren’t any books in the world (James A Baldwin Quotes) People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction (James A Baldwin Quotes)

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