James Baldwin Quotes

  • 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.Upload to Facebook
    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
  • Confusion is a luxury which only the very, very young can possibly afford and you are not that young anymore.Upload to Facebook
    Confusion is a luxury which only the very, very young can possibly afford and you are not that young anymore.
    ~ James Baldwin
  • It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.Upload to Facebook
    It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.
    ~ James Baldwin
  • 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.Upload to Facebook
    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 Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room
  • The paradox of education is precisely that as one begins to become conscious, one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.
    ~ James Baldwin
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