Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor. James Baldwin More Quotes by James Baldwin More Quotes From James 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 Baldwin beingeducatedsocietyeducation The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions. James Baldwin manblackpowerworld Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it. James Baldwin otherssaydoingwhodone Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. James Baldwin nevergoodlisteningchildren 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 Baldwin treatbackbreadpeople To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time. James Baldwin almostragetimecountry 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 Baldwin momentfutureworktime 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 willpainhatepeople Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black. James Baldwin youblackwhiteeducation Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch. James Baldwin thanmorenothingaffliction But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power. James Baldwin withoutmoralitypowerrelationship 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 Baldwin boyyoujourneylove The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose. James Baldwin losenothingmandangeroussociety An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience. James Baldwin personexperienceidentityway Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters? James Baldwin thinkyouloveheaven I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all. James Baldwin i-ammetimehistory American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it. James Baldwin americansaidbeautifulhistory People can cry much easier than they can change. James Baldwin thancrychangepeople If you're treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person. If certain things are described to you as being real they're real for you whether they're real or not. James Baldwin personyourealway Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. James Baldwin nobodypuredangerousheart
