James A. Baldwin Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.”

“Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law.”

“Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.”

“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.”

“Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.”

“When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living.”

“I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”

“The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.”

“I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.”

“Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality.”