Category - James Baldwin

Discover the thoughtful and inspirational Quotes of James Baldwin, a philosopher and author. Our collection of his most impactful quotes reflects his deep understanding of language, philosophy, and history.
Whether seeking thought-provoking reflections or academic wisdom, James Baldwins words offer a rich source of intellectual inspiration. #JamesBaldwin James Baldwin Motivational Quotes of James Baldwin

James Baldwin

The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which has armed itself, totally, against the possibility of the changing motion of conquest and surrender, which is love.

– James Baldwin

James Baldwin

The face of a lover is an unknown, precisely because it is invested with so much of oneself. It is a mystery, containing, like all mysteries, the possibility of torment.

– James Baldwin

James Baldwin

The reason people think it’s important to be white is that they think it’s important not to be black.

– James Baldwin

James Baldwin

There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes of others. Nothing can help that man. What is left of that man flees from what is left of human attention.

– James Baldwin

James Baldwin

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

– James Baldwin

James Baldwin

The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.

– James Baldwin

James Baldwin

Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talent.

– James Baldwin

James Baldwin

I want to be an honest man and a good writer.

– James Baldwin

James Baldwin

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

– James Baldwin

James Baldwin

You know, it’s not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself.

– James Baldwin

James Baldwin

It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.

– James Baldwin

James Baldwin

Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in the world; but it is impossible to foresee this, it is impossible to be warned.

– James Baldwin

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