Quotes of James A. Baldwin

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

- James A. Baldwin

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“ Fear lies. Save love. ”

- Arif Naseem

“ I thought it (love) meant like you hold out your hand and someone takes it, holds it hard, and pulls you safe from the river. You talk. You tell him bits of yourself. You say here's where I hurt and you give it to him and he holds it and gives you where he hurts in return and you hold it and that's how you learn to love. ”

- Elizabeth George

“ When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow up and you realize that Prince Charming is not as easy to find as you thought. You realize the bad guy is not wearing a black cape and he's not easy to spot; he's really funny, and he makes you laugh, and he has perfect hair. ”

- Taylor Swift

“ There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it. ”

- Joyce Brothers

“ She was rain to a parched desert She was color to a gray sky She was the beautiful butterfly you longed to possess But I let her fly For fear of breaking her wings! ”

- Avijeet Das

“ My sister will die over and over again for the rest of my life. Grief is forever. It doesn't go away; it becomes a part of you, step for step, breath for breath. I will never stop grieving Bailey because I will never stop loving her. That's just how it is. Grief and love are conjoined, you don't get one without the other. All I can do is love her, and love the world, emulate her by living with daring and spirit and joy. ”

- Jandy Nelson

“ I miss your voice because it is a symphony; your scent because it is a treasure; your smile because it is a jewel; your hug because it is a masterpiece; and your kiss because it is a miracle. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ ?Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. ”

- Voltaire

“ This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. ”

- Dalai Lama

“ Everyday of your life is a another lesson. If you learn the lesson well and apply it; whether positive or negative, you determine what happens in your tomorrow. ”

- David Kofi Awusi

“ Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. ”

- Mark Twain

“ Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ If you want a future that makes you happy, if you want a world that you’re excited about, get your ass out there and earn it. ”

- Tom Bilyeu

“ I was watching the first raindrops falling down on the porous ground. Each drop disappeared eagerly into the sand without any hesitations. The Earth, in turn, embraced it warmly like it has gotten back something precious that once belonged to it. I, somehow, thought that this particular image suited more our story than anything else ”

- Ismaaciil C. Ubax

“ He didn't realize that love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves its own mark. ”

- J.K. Rowling

“ Writing is the knitting of the soul ”

- Khaled Talib

“ To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness. ”

- Woody Allen

“ Visionary decisionmaking happens at the intersection of intuition and logic. ”

- Gandhi

“ A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes. ”

- Robert Frost

“ When you know my love, my love will warm you. ”

- Ruby Dee

“ There are times in life which proves life is wife and wife is life. ”

- Fahad Basheer

“ Love shapes who you are in many ways. Its presence or absence in our youth impacts our adulthood, which impacts our future generations; the cycle has to be restarted somewhere. ”

- Hani Selim

“ How would your life be different if…You stopped allowing other people to dilute or poison your day with their words or opinions? Let today be the day…You stand strong in the truth of your beauty and journey through your day without attachment to the validation of others ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not. ”

- Andre Gide

“ The more one judges, the less one loves. ”

- Honore de Balzac