James Baldwin Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old James Baldwin quotes, James Baldwin sayings, and James Baldwin proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way...people look at reality, then you can change it. James Baldwin
When a man asks himself is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. James Baldwin
Fires can't be made with dead nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. James Baldwin
Human freedom is a complex, difficult and private thing. James Baldwin
If we can liken life for a moment, to a furnace, the freedom is a fire which burns away illusion. James Baldwin
Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart, for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. James Baldwin
Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it. James Baldwin