Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law. James A.Baldwin
No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time, for the first time, for the only time. James A.Baldwin
It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind. James A.Baldwin
There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now. James A.Baldwin
It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. James A.Baldwin
People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead. James A.Baldwin
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. James A.Baldwin
To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time. James A.Baldwin
I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all. James A.Baldwin
Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality. James A.Baldwin
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. James A.Baldwin
Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters? James A.Baldwin
People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned. James A.Baldwin
Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. James A.Baldwin
A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. James A.Baldwin
The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions. James A.Baldwin
If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons. James A.Baldwin