A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. James A. Baldwin affordchilddespise Change image and share on social
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 blackforeverhold Change image and share on social
Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up. James A. Baldwin battlebeginend Change image and share on social
Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor. James A. Baldwin expensiveextremelypoor Change image and share on social
Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. James A. Baldwin dangerousdefinitionheart Change image and share on social
Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. James A. Baldwin fearlivelove Change image and share on social
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 americanboydisease share on social
When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living. James A. Baldwin beginhabitlive Change image and share on social
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 askbeginexperience Change image and share on social
The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in. James A. Baldwin leaveworld Change image and share on social
