"Heavenly witnesses are a tricky lot, to be……" — James A. Baldwin
"Heavenly witnesses are a tricky lot, to be used by whoever is closest to Heaven at the time. And legend and theology, which are designed to sanctify our fears, crimes, and aspirations, also reveal them for what they are."
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339 Quotes by James A. Baldwin
James A. Baldwin has 339 quotes on this site.
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Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is…
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Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.
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Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.
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The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.
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People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay…
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I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is…
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People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on…
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Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.
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Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.
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It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
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I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the…
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Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters?
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The specific is not exclusive: it lacks the aspiration to totality.
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Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them…
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Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?
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Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up…
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Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.
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You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration.
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To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve.
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