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James Baldwin

“The world has never lacked for horrifying examples; but I do not believe that these examples are meant to be used as justification for our own crimes.”

James Baldwin
Evil hatred history humanity Oppression poverty racism suffering

“Though we do not wholly believe it yet, the interior life is a real life, and the intangible dreams of people have a tangible effect on the world.”

James Baldwin
dreams hope life

“If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him.”

James Baldwin
God love Faith

“People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.”

James Baldwin
society history people

"A journey is called that because you cannot know what you will discover on the journey, what you will do, what you will find, or what you find will do to you."

James Baldwin
Journey growth change

“The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been hidden by the answers.”

James Baldwin
Questions Art Answers

“I conceive of my own life as a journey towards something I do not understand, which in the going towards, makes me better. I conceive of God, in fact, as a means of liberation and not a means to control others. Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war, love is a growing up.”

James Baldwin
love God Liberation Journey

“We made the world we’re living in and we have to make it over.”

James Baldwin
society

"You have to decide who you are, and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you."

James Baldwin
ideas racism

"We live in an age in which silence is not only criminal but suicidal."

James Baldwin
Silence Voice
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