If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons. James Baldwin Read Quote
The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one’s key to the experience of others. James Baldwin Read Quote
Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. James Baldwin Read Quote
The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions. James Baldwin Read Quote
Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time. James Baldwin Read Quote
The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose. James Baldwin Read Quote
It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. James Baldwin Read Quote