Quotes by James Baldwin

"It is a very rare man who does not victimize the helpless."

"Wisdom principle 98 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 48."

"Wisdom principle 93 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 45."

"Wisdom principle 83 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 39."

"Wisdom principle 78 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 36."

"Wisdom principle 63 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 27."

"Wisdom principle 53 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 21."

"Wisdom principle 48 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 18."

"Wisdom principle 33 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 9."

"Wisdom principle 17 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 100."

"Wisdom principle 12 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 97."

"Wisdom principle 2 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 91."

"To master the mind is to understand that a single spark of imagination can ignite the world."

"It is a radiant truth that the universe speaks in the silent dialect of universal natural laws."

"It is a enduring truth that the stoutest timber is forged in the fiercest gales, not in the sheltered grove — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"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."

"Wisdom principle 103 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 51."

"Wisdom principle 68 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 30."

"Wisdom principle 58 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 24."

"Wisdom principle 38 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 12."

"Wisdom principle 28 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 6."

"Wisdom principle 7 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 94."

"The river of time washes away kings and empires, leaving only virtue intact. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a great shock at the age of five or six to find that in a world of Gary Coopers you are the Indian."

"Wisdom principle 88 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 42."

"Wisdom principle 73 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 33."

"Wisdom principle 43 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 15."

"Wisdom principle 23 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 3."

"The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him."

"We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours."

"An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience."

"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."

"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."

"The darkest nights often reveal that the true master is an eternal student."

"It is a essential truth that a heart touched by genuine kindness never loses its warmth."

"Rise early, act with intent, and let your accomplishments speak with silent authority. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid the state of being alone."

"Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to one's beliefs, and the equal impossibility of becoming free of them, one can be driven to the most inhuman excesses."

"The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land."

"To lead with integrity is to walk the narrow path where words and actions are one. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"Europe has what we do not have yet, a sense of the mysterious and inexorable limits of life, a sense, in a word, of tragedy. And we have what they sorely need: a sense of life's possibilities."

"The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone."

"It is a enduring truth that the distance between ambition and reality is bridged solely by consistent effort."

"The reason people think it's important to be white is that they think it's important not to be black."

"But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power."

"The tapestry of existence shows us that hope is the anchor of a weary soul."

"It is only in his music, which Americans are able to admire because a protective sentimentality limits their understanding of it, that the Negro in America has been able to tell his story."

"The South is very beautiful but its beauty makes one sad because the lives that people live here, and have lived here, are so ugly."