James A. Baldwin Quotes about Life

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Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

James A. Baldwin

Love, Life, Friendship

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

James A. Baldwin

Life, Happiness, Success

"Collected Essays, Vol. 2". Book by James A. Baldwin, 1998.

The world is before you, and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in.

James A. Baldwin

Life, Change, Needs

"James Baldwin: My Uncle and His Love Life" by T. Better Baldwin, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 30, 2014.

Precisely at the point when you begin to develop a conscience you must find yourself at war with your society.

James A. Baldwin

Inspirational, Life, War

"Breaking Into James Baldwin's House" by Thomas Chatterton Williams, www.newyorker.com. October 28, 2015.

People who believe that they are strong-willed and the masters of their destiny can only continue to believe this by becoming specialists in self-deception.

James A. Baldwin

Life, Strong, Believe

Everything in life depends on how that life accepts its limits.

James A. Baldwin

Life, Acceptance, Limits

To defend oneself against a fear is simply to insure that one will, one day, be conquered by it; fears must be faced.

James A. Baldwin

Life, One Day, Oneself

If you think too far ahead, if you even try to think too far ahead, you'll never make it.

James A. Baldwin

Life, Thinking, Trying

We cannot discuss the state of our minorities until we first have some sense of what we are, who we are, what our goals are, and what we take life to be. The question is not what we can do now for the hypothetical Mexican, the hypothetical Negro. The question is what we really want out of life, for ourselves, what we think is real.

James A. Baldwin

Life, Real, Thinking