"To defend oneself against a fear is simply……" — James A. Baldwin
"To defend oneself against a fear is simply to insure that one will, one day, be conquered by it; fears must be faced."
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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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Conquered people tend to be witty.
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My journey continues, because I've, you know, conquered a lot. And I know how to conquer the rest.
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He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
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If you look at my life, generally, I've been put in situations which were difficult and which I conquered.
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I came, I saw, I conquered.
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They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure.
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